Differences between みんな and みな?

J44xm

経験値が足りない

6 Dec 2004

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Is there any difference between みな and みんな for 皆 ("everybody")? Is this a case of having two different ways of saying the same thing? I see minna and I see mina and I always think the latter is incorrect, but apparently not, right? Just different spellings? Thanks!

 

sl0815

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31 Aug 2004

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Hi,

Jim Breen says:

皆 3327 [1907:8a46] U7686 B81 C106 G8 S9 F1267 N2471 V3869 H2445 DK1581 L449 K1324 O1196 DO978 MN22699 MP8.0071 E1064 IN587 DJ606 DG1365 P2-4-5 I4c5.14 Q2160.1 DR1278 Yjie1 Wgae カイ みな みんな T1 むな all; everything

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It seems that both are correct.


Jan

 

Elizabeth

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22 Apr 2003

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It was discussed here. Mina is used for a girl's name as well as with "san" as in minasan. Minna is the stand alone word for everyone or (sometimes) everything.

 

J44xm

経験値が足りない

6 Dec 2004

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Thank you. I'll stick with minna and mina-san. I didn't know it could be used for "everything" too.

 

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sasame

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18 Jul 2005

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"みんな" is an informal expression only a little.
「みんな」は、少しだけくだけた言い方です。

The usage named 「みんなさま」 is not correct though the usage named 「皆様（みなさま）」 is correct.
「皆様（みなさま）」という使い方は正しいのですが、「みんなさま」という使い方は正しくありません。

○みな（皆）で買い物に行った。
○みんなで買い物に行った。

○みなさま（皆様）お元気ですか？
×みんなさまお元気ですか？

○みなさん、お綺麗（きれい）ですね。
×みんなさん、お綺麗ですね。