お前
お前 - Japanese
( standard Japanese )
( dialect )
おめえ ( omē ) , おめ ( ome ) , ( Nagoya eye dialect ) おみゃあ ( omyā ) おまえさん ( omae-san )
おまいさん ( omai-san ) , おめえさん ( omē-san ) , おめさん ( ome-san ) Pronunciation
( Tokyo ) おまえ [òmáé] Heiban – [0])IPA: [o̞ma̠e̞] Pronoun
お前( まえ ) • ( omae ) ←おまへ ( omafe ) ?
( informal, men's speech; or dialect ) you
Usage notes
Slightly condescending if used by a higher status peer to refer to a lower status peer, very informal between close equal-status peers; impolite in other situations.
In many Japanese dialects, it is rather the standard 2nd-person pronoun, equivalent in usage to standard Japanese あなた ( anata ) . Pronunciation
( Tokyo ) おめえ [òméé] Heiban – [0])IPA: [o̞me̞ː] Pronoun
お前( めえ ) or お前( め ) • ( omē or ome )
( dialectal, Edo, Tōhoku ) you (standard second-person pronoun) Previous
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