CHAT drinking soup: (was: Malat (on behalf of

Laurie wrote :


> BTW, I asked my Japanese teacher today about the use of the verb "nomu"
> with cigarettes. As others have stated, "nomu" is usually translated
> into English as "to drink". There is another verb "suu", which also
> means to inhale and to breathe. It is used also with cigarettes, but
> takes a more casual connotation where "nomu" is considered more
> polite/formal. The verb "nomu" is also used for all medicines, even if
> they are solids like pills. I think someone else mentioned that too.
>
I did, but no copyright implied :-) Nomu is *to swallow*. Thin soup is called
*sui-mono* from that verb *suu*, but I figure it's because you drink it hot as
if you *aspirated* it (*susuru*). It makes me think of Khmer verb *si* = to eat
for animals.

Mathias


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