Revising Honorific Language in Japanese – Part 2

Revising honorific language in Japanese – Part 2

🍑 Revising HONORIFIC LANGUAGE (II) 🍑

Today MOMO has gathered up the RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE used for the actions of people in the “GROUP ABOVE” you, such as your boss, a client, someone you do not know well…

You learnt structure 1 the other day.

❤️1. Structure 1: V (drop ます) + になる ( not used with group 3 verbs, or with one-syllable group 2 verbs)

👌 先生はもうお帰りになりましたか. Has the teacher gone home?

✌️ 部長はタバコをお吸いになりません. The department manager does not smoke

☀️ 先生、この新聞お読みになりましたか. Have you read this newspaper, sir?

❤️ 2. Structure 2: the passive form (usually not including the special verbs)

☀️ 山田先生はさっき出かけられました. Mr Yamada went out a moment ago

☀️ 佐藤さんは8時ごろこられます. Mr Sato will arrive at about 8 o'clock

☀️ 部長はタバコを吸われません. The department manager does not smoke

❤️ 3. Structure 3

お＋group 1 V (drop ます)＋を下さい
ご＋group 3 V (drop ます) ＋を下さい

🌞 この資料をお使い下さい. Please use this material.

☀️ ここにお名前をお書き下さい. Please write your name here.

☀️何か不明点がありましたらご連絡下さい. Please get in touch if anything is unclear

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We hope this is useful to you as a learner of Japanese.
Thanks to the Tiếng nhật online MoMo fanpage for sharing.
Good luck with your studies and your exam.