Talking like Samurai

Japanese
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I learned a bit about how to talk like samurai thanks to this article: https://www.lingualift.com/blog/speak-like-samurai/

I learned the grammar point ございます today, and I thought of でござる

One tidbit: If anyone has seen Tada Doesn’t Fall in Love, then you’ll know that Katajikenai (忝い) is a big motif in the anime.

Small things like these are what keep me motivated and inspired to learn Japanese language, grammar, and culture.

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#2

This is incorrect. です can be used it certain cases where it would normally be ungrammatical as a copula, but only acts as a politeness marker in modern Japanese (after い-adjectives in い-form). This exception does not apply to でござる.

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