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10-27-2012, 07:50 PM
thecheapest902

I think Japanese language was different from what it is now in ancient times.
10-27-2012, 07:40 PM
Inflamed

I know that it's true.
10-27-2012, 07:25 PM
Shido

The "masu" that you are thinking of is a honorific of modern Japanese language. Ancient Japan used much more complex system of honorifics than that. (Old Japanese is much more different from modern Japanese than Shakespearean Old English is from modern English.) So the answer is no.
10-27-2012, 06:55 PM
Sionai

Is it true, in ancient time Japanese, the servant speaks to the master in "masu" form, and?
the master speaks the "casual" form to the servants?

If it's true, is it applied to all the higher-lowers, lower-highers levels as well? regardless of their familiarity like using the casual form for all the family members even though you're younger or older?

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