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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III


Grammar II - 20.02/2 Grammar L4 - 009 Menu - Grammar
  Respect Language Review
  1. Honorific expressions: Exalt the subject of the sentence
先生がいらっしゃいました。
先生がお帰りになりました。
My professor has {graciously} arrived. 
My professor has {graciously} left. 

sensei-ga (UP), irasshaimashita.
sensei-ga, o-kaeri-ni narimashita.

 
 

2. Extra Modest Expressions: Talk modestly of what you do.

私はメアリー・ハートと申します。

My name is Mary Hart. (person listening to you - UP)

watashi-wa (DOWN) - mearii haato, to mooshimasu.  
  3. Humble Expressions: Demote the subject and raise the profile of another person.
私は先生に本をお返ししました。 I {humbly} returned the book to my professor.
watashi-wa (DOWN), sensei-ni (UP), hon-o o-kaeshi-shimashita.