2016年9月12日月曜日

Latte-ru

People like to go to Cafe. The following photo is interesting. The white phrase in the red frame "疲れたらラテってください" (Come and Latte when you are tired) might hint at how popular "latte" has become among Japanese. Why? Because "latte" is used as a verb "Latte-ru."


"Latte" is the word made by clipping or shortening "caffè latte," originally from Italy.
Then coming into Japanese, the noun here transforms into verb.

The shift is technically known as "conversion," the use of one part of speech as another.
Probably, Latte's intrusion into a verb form indicates the growing familiarity of the original word (hence Latte itself) among Japanese.




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