Desu

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2009-03-11T20:48:15Z

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Desu, Suiseiseki, 4chan, Rozen, Maiden, Rule, 51

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Desu <p>The Japanese word <i>desu</i> is a copula: a word that links the subject of a sentence with the verb. A close English approximation of this would be the words <i>to be</i> and all related linking-verbs such as <i>to be, will be, was, is, are,</i> etc.</p> <p>Other Japanese copulas are <i>da, de, wa, na, </i>and more. The form <i>desu</i> is essentially the same as <i>da</i> except that it is used in a polite or proper context, such as the practice of adding <i>usted</i> in Spanish.</p> <p>See the Wikipedia link in the header for more info on copulas.</p> <p>The character Suiseiseki from the anime series <i>Rozen Maiden</i> ends every sentence with <i>desu.</i> Many people have found her obsessive need to be polite, even in cases where it may or may not be grammatically correct, to be peculiar, desu.</p> <p>Image macros using the word <i>desu</i> or images of Suiseiseki are used commonly on 4chan by fans of anime (sometimes referred to by the derogatory term <i>weeaboo</i>), and by those mocking them, desu.</p> <p>There are even “combo-videos” where you can hear hundreds of unique utterances of <di>desu</i> one after another, desu.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FkVYHUMCCwc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FkVYHUMCCwc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>

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