Re: OT: Japanese "good"

Muke Tever wrote:
>
> E f+AOk-sto Jean-Fran+AOc-ois  Colson <fa597525@...>:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
> >
> >> "Good" in Japanese is _ii_, pronounced as a doubly long "ee".
> >
> > Is there a difference between +MEQwRA- (ii) and +gm8wRA- (yoi)?
>
>  From what I understand, +MEQwRA- is the standalone, ordinary form, reduced
>  from +MIgwRA-.  +MIg-- is the standard stem formant in all other cases though (so
> the past tense is +MIgwSzBjMF8-, not +MEQwSzBjMF8-.)  I think +MIgwRA- may be used by
> itself as a more formal form than +MEQwRA-, but I'm not sure of that.
The unicode got mangled by my computer, but I think I can figure it out.

According to my dictionary:

Yoi is possible in writing or in very formal speech.

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