Please write it out, its English translation, and identify the language(s), please. Thanks.
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Not quite the same but very funny ones from German:
To all members here, it's only jokes.
In Japanese, the English "says" (present indicative) = iu in plain language, but iimasu in polite/respectful laguage.
The third person is not referred to by a pronoun but by the conjugation of the verb tense. It has two main forms, with variants expressed by suffixes and affixes. The two main forms express either a plain (he-she) "said" or a respectful (he/she) "said." For instance, the male uses the plain form to a female: the female the respectful form to the male.
In general females, or anyone younger in age, less educated or in positions of power have the lesser rank and must use the respectful form towards their superiors. But there are complications. A mother may be referred to with the respectful form by the son, and so on. Foreigners are automatically taught the polite form first.
The third person is named as the topic of conversation at its start, but is not referred to for the rest of the conversation unless necessary for clarification, hence no third person pronoun is used.
If there is doubt about rank, the speaker chooses the humble mode, referring politely to the other.
Wish I knew what you did out there in the real world. Every once in a while, you ask fabulous questions about language.
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smiles, awkward feeling, thank you -
at same time - knowledge is bigger than the universe - infinite in potential
my knowledge - like the Uncertainty Principle