Japanese - Ask questions thread

Basically if you have a question about the language, ask it and fellow 4channers might see it and answer it for you.

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

>>199
Japanese basically has no plural. However, for a few nouns, you can add たち (達) to pluralize. For example, 僕達・私達・俺達 (we), あなた達・君達・お前達 (you). ら is another way, but only works for the exact same class of nouns (and is more informal): 俺ら and オマエら.

猫達 (ねこたち) is correct Japanese, if you just wanted to say "cats."

However, >>200 has it right as well.