Japanese - Ask questions thread

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To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

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Yes, but this "exasperation" is used for different effects, according to http://www.unm.edu/~hdls/hdls-2/sonotakanohayes.html , like irony, calls for attention and empathic tones. How would one know which one of these effects is the correct one? For instance, compare "Moo! Oniichan-tara!" with "Nee, okaasan-tara.". The only difference here seems to be "moo" and "nee". *thinks for awhile.* I'm guessing these expressions have special custom meanings by themselves, and are not made up by the meanings of the words they consist of. This should mean that the use of "tara" as giving a meaning exasperation, needs to be learned on a case-by-case basis.