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18 March
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English (US)
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How do you say this in English (US)? Is it rude?
-> If you want to say "~~~", you can use "----".
How do you say this in English (US)? Is it rude?
-> If you want to say "~~~", you can use "----".
-> If you want to say "~~~", you can use "----".
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- English (US)
@09000 I'm not sure. It might depend on what "~~~" and "----" are.
In general, I think your original sentence is probably fine to use with elders. If you want to make it sound more polite, I guess you could say:
"If you'd like to say "~~~", you could say "----"."
or
"If you'd like to say "~~~", you might say "----"."
These options are pretty much the same level of politness/formality as your original sentence, maybe just slightly more polite.
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- English (US)
I don't think it's rude. It looks ok to me.
:)
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- Korean
@everything42 Thank you!
Could I ask 1 more?
Can I say like this in formal way(to elders or in formal situation)? I'm not sure it is natural.
"If you'd like to say "~~~", you would say "----"."
Could I ask 1 more?
Can I say like this in formal way(to elders or in formal situation)? I'm not sure it is natural.
"If you'd like to say "~~~", you would say "----"."
- English (US)
@09000 I'm not sure. It might depend on what "~~~" and "----" are.
In general, I think your original sentence is probably fine to use with elders. If you want to make it sound more polite, I guess you could say:
"If you'd like to say "~~~", you could say "----"."
or
"If you'd like to say "~~~", you might say "----"."
These options are pretty much the same level of politness/formality as your original sentence, maybe just slightly more polite.
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- Korean
@everything42 Oh This is great Thanks a lot!
I mean like this situation(to foreigners)
"If you'd like to say "Hello", you could say "안녕" in Korean."
:)
I mean like this situation(to foreigners)
"If you'd like to say "Hello", you could say "안녕" in Korean."
:)
- English (US)
@09000 Yes, that is correct and natural and fine to say to anyone: a friend, an elder, your boss at work, someone here on HiNative, etc.
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