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| JanKG Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5767 days ago 245 posts - 280 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Italian, Finnish | Message 17 of 20 13 July 2009 at 3:11pm | IP Logged |
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I understand but from a brief observation in the metro I was inclined to conclude that the speaker did not wait for his partner.
I just checked at a youtube-language lesseon, with only one speaker: she is nodding all the time, at least to conclude the statement, but then she also keeps her head slanted, etc. The funny thing is even that in the same statements the precise movement is different, though (I cannot go into that now, but you can have a look yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7jwkEQuK8g&feature=related --- Mind you, it ia a mock language lesson !). I suddenly realize that politeness is at least one explanatory factor. Thanks though ! janG Edited by JanKG on 13 July 2009 at 3:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| livlov Diglot Newbie ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5613 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English | Message 18 of 20 13 July 2009 at 11:44pm | IP Logged |
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I am Chinese,although I don't really know much about Japanese, I can still see things in common between Chinese and Japanese.
Two reasons for Chinese people to nod during a conversation is to show 'yeah, I am listening, I'm with you', and 'respect' it may have nothing to do with whether or not the person who's nodding actually knows what the interlocator's talking about. A typical response frome Chinese would be ''shi, shi, shi'. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| janalisa Triglot Senior Member France janafadness.com/blog Joined 6890 days ago 284 posts - 466 votes Speaks: English*, French, Japanese Studies: Russian, Norwegian | Message 19 of 20 14 July 2009 at 2:32am | IP Logged |
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LOL okay, I think I see what you mean now. A lot of the "nodding" in this video is just a more toned-down form of bowing. People usually do this when they are asking for or receiving a favor from someone. Like for example, if a car stops to let a kid on a bike cross the street, the kid will probably give a nod to the driver (whereas in the US, he would probably wave). You'll also see a lot of this when people are first meeting each other. In Japanese, there's a word for this kind of "partial bowing" too-- it's called "pekopeko".
日本人はいつもペコペコしている。 Nihonjin wa itsumo pekopeko shiteiru. (Japanese people are always bobbing their heads.) =P 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JanKG Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5767 days ago 245 posts - 280 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Italian, Finnish | Message 20 of 20 14 July 2009 at 8:16am | IP Logged |
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You are right, I think: if they do not nod for confirmation, they nod for politeness.
it is not the case in Chinese, I think. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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