What does 'ese' means?  |
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 When I was still a junior schoolboy, my English teacher told me that the 'ese' in the words 'Chinese', 'Japanese' and 'Vietnamese' is a real insult. And in international meetings, when someone asks about your nationality, don't use the word 'Chinese' in your name and 'I am from China' will be okay. But native speakers of English, what does 'ese' means as a matter of fact? Thank you for your responses in advance.
Abrat.
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1.  cloudwatcher (3239) | 3 months ago |  Adarcy, I can't understand your teacher saying this. I think I would question an authority in your own language, but I can assure you that when Westerners use the term, they mean no offence or insult.
In English, the "ese" simply means "one from" so that a Japanese person is one from Japan etc.
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 lakerfanster (396) | 3 months ago |  They do have very strange feelings in Asia but I have not heard anything about this before. I had a few teachers would told us stuff that wasn't true just for a joke.
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| Adarcy (61) | 3 months ago | I rejoice to hear that 'ese' is almost forgotten by the majority and will be a pure symbol instead of a stigma.
Abrat | |
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2.  mipen2006 (2423) | 3 months ago |  Didn't know it had any meaning, other than forming an adjective from the noun.
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| Adarcy (61) | 3 months ago | Thank you all for your responses first.
My former English teacher explained,
"'man' and 'an' mean the people are human while 'ese' implies that the people are not human. This suffix is an insult. But we are not lonely. 'Japanese' also has 'ese'. But you all, boys and girls, must work hard to rid 'ese' of 'Chinese' and add another 'ese' to 'Japanese'."
Perhaps it was just a joke to awake those asleep in English class. | |
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4.  inedible (174) | 3 months ago |  I think your teacher is just making stuff up.=/
The part about not saying that you're Chinese is good advice, though. Lots of Chinese people are living in countries that aren't China. When someone says "I am Chinese", they could be referring only to their race and not to their nationality, so saying "I am from China" would make things a lot clearer.
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5.  coldmoon (859) | 3 months ago |  It's silly what your teacher said. Besides, these two expressions have different meanings. Saying "I'm Chinese" is to cite your nationality, and "I'm from China" means you're living in China (a foreigner living in China can say so, but not the first sentence).
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| 6. scarlet_woman (8756) | 3 months ago |  it's usually just an english add on to denote the people of a place,and sometimes a language type.
i don't know why they'd call it an insult.
some words in english will have an "s","ish" or an "n" added instead of "ese",it depends on the original word.(like america=american)
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