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How do you say this in Japanese? what's the difference between ( haha , chichi ) and (okasan , otosan )

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26 Jun 2017

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haha/chichi→ more formal
(when you talk about your mother/father with your boss or teacher, you might use these two)

okaasan/otousan→asual
(you might callthem these two. so do you when you talk about your parents with your friends)

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roaa24

26 Jun 2017

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haha & chichi : my mother and my father
okasan&otosan : mother and father

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PhinTingONG

26 Jun 2017

Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

the formers are "my" parents while the latters are just parents

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Xx_mustache_xX

26 Jun 2017

Japanese

haha/chichi→ more formal
(when you talk about your mother/father with your boss or teacher, you might use these two)

okaasan/otousan→asual
(you might callthem these two. so do you when you talk about your parents with your friends)

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26 Jun 2017

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and when you talk with your wife/husband's parents, or when you call old men/women, you can use okaasan/otousan

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How do you say this in Japanese? what's the difference between ( haha , chichi ) and (okasan , otosan )

How do you say this in Japanese? what's the difference between ( haha , chichi ) and (okasan , otosan ) See a translation

haha/chichi→ more formal(when you talk about your mother/father with your boss or teacher, you might use these two)okaasan/otousan→asual(you might callthem these two. so do you when you talk about your parents with your friends)

haha & chichi : my mother and my fatherokasan&otosan : mother and father

the formers are "my" parents while the latters are just parents

haha/chichi→ more formal(when you talk about your mother/father with your boss or teacher, you might use these two)okaasan/otousan→asual(you might callthem these two. so do you when you talk about your parents with your friends)

and when you talk with your wife/husband's parents, or when you call old men/women, you can use okaasan/otousan

How do you say this in Japanese? what's the difference between ( haha , chichi ) and (okasan , otosan )

See a translation

haha/chichi→ more formal
(when you talk about your mother/father with your boss or teacher, you might use these two)

okaasan/otousan→asual
(you might callthem these two. so do you when you talk about your parents with your friends)

haha & chichi : my mother and my father
okasan&otosan : mother and father

haha/chichi→ more formal
(when you talk about your mother/father with your boss or teacher, you might use these two)

okaasan/otousan→asual
(you might callthem these two. so do you when you talk about your parents with your friends)