madphysicist
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- 20 Aug 2015
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I'm female and I'm not sure whether some expressions are too masculine for me to use or not. I thought these would be quite easy to google but not getting anywhere.
Recently someone told me I use "っけ" too much and said only "otoko from inaka" say it. I've never heard that before and in textbooks etc. it's listed as just another grammar point without a gender indication. Does it depend on the exact sentence? I think I said "いつ始まるっけ?" or something. They suggested "いつ始まるかな" but to me that doesn't seem like the same meaning.
Also I don't think I've heard women say "やる" instead of "する". Is it masculine-sounding or just casual?
And finally what about "やつ" as in "thing"? (e.g. 黄色いやつ - that yellow thing)
Recently someone told me I use "っけ" too much and said only "otoko from inaka" say it. I've never heard that before and in textbooks etc. it's listed as just another grammar point without a gender indication. Does it depend on the exact sentence? I think I said "いつ始まるっけ?" or something. They suggested "いつ始まるかな" but to me that doesn't seem like the same meaning.
Also I don't think I've heard women say "やる" instead of "する". Is it masculine-sounding or just casual?
And finally what about "やつ" as in "thing"? (e.g. 黄色いやつ - that yellow thing)