Re: verbs of eating

"Elyse M. Grasso" wrote:
> I've been told that 'taberu' and 'kuu' divide up the semantic space
> differently than the German words do ('essen' and 'fressen'?), though I'm not
> clear on how either division works.
As I understand it "kuu" is merely a cruder, impolite, male, way of
saying "eat" while "taberu" is the neutral form.  So, a male speaking
with a close friend might say "Ore wa kutta" (I ate), when speaking with
a stranger or a superior, he might say "Watashi wa tabeta" (also using a
more polite pronoun)

My conlang uses the following words:

Lau: To eat or drink, solely for the purpose of sustaining life
Kafti: To eat or drink, as part of a social group, or as part of a
solitary ritual (i.e., social significance)

> [Note: You know you're an anime fan if the first Japanese verb you learned in
> the imperative was "die".
> You know you're REALLY an anime fan if the Japanese verbs you recognize in the
> most conjugations are die, kill, suffer, fight, conquer, attack, destroy,
> understand, believe and protect... not quite the basis for productive
> business relationships or a safe tourist environment.]
As Christophe said, rather depends on which animes you watch.  I don't
even know the words for "suffer", "conquer", "attack", "destroy", but I
do know the words he listed.  :-)

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