Japanese Language >>Help!<<

[Ms. Fluffy Butt]

I'm confused!
When do you use -kun, -sama, -chan, -sensei, -senpai, etc in calling Naruto names?
Why is it Naruto-kun, Hinata-sama, Sakura-chan, Gaara-sama, Kakashi-sensai?
Thanks for answering!!

[Kuroi Shinzou]

depending on who your talking to you, and your relationship with them, you use the differant words, but you always use them.

kun is something you'd call a little brother, or if your a girl someone you think is cute, but it can be used as an insult if used in the wrong context.

sama is for people who out rank you, or are better than you.

chan is...well, i'm not quite sure

sensei means teacher, which is used for everybody from school teachers, to martial arts instructors to doctors.

senpai means elder, you call someone older and wiser than you that.

thats abotu all i know, there are more i think, like shisho, which means master, which dont come up that often. oh, and if i made any mistakes, please correct me, this is just what i've pulled togeather from watching anime.

[Ms. Fluffy Butt]

cool cool..
that makes sense..
Thanks thanks!!

[divinephoenix]

-Chan is for friend so is -sama

-kun is mostly used in regards for a guy friend.

BTW, this should be in the Japanese Language thread, just saying..

[Soupy]

--There's also -dono, which is old-fashioned, and a bit more respectful than -sama. You can see it a lot in anime and manga in traditional Japanese settings.

[Ms. Fluffy Butt]

hey, can we just erase this thread? thank you.
arigatou gozaimasu!

[divinephoenix]

ask a mod who would do it. but this is most like to be locked than erased.

[Dreams]

Is there a specific reason you want this thread erased...? I don't really see anything wrong with it, I guess besides the fact that the name endings are covered in other threads. I'll just lock it, but PM me if there's some master reason for which I should erase it.