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the "pronoun" issue
The '''Japanese and Korean''' languages have many similarities. They share many vocabulary words borrowed from [[Chinese]], and much of their grammar has a similar form.
The '''Japanese and Korean''' languages have many similarities. They share many vocabulary words borrowed from [[Chinese]], and much of their grammar has a similar form.
Words like ''denwa'' (telephone) and ''jeonwa'' are easy for native speakers of one language to learn in the other language. Both languages use [[postpositions]], for example ''Tokyo e'' means "to Tokyo", just as ''Seoul e'' means "to Seoul".
Words like ''denwa'' (telephone) and ''jeonwa'' are easy for native speakers of one language to learn in the other language. Both languages use [[postpositions]], for example ''Tokyo e'' means "to Tokyo", just as ''Seoul e'' means "to Seoul". Both languages avoid the use of pronouns wherever possible, especially [[personal pronoun]]s like "you". A person's title or a relationship term is used instead; see [[Pronouns in Japanese]].