Japanese politeness

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Contents 1 Reading 2 Exercise 2.1 くだけた Form Sentences 2.2 ていねい Form Sentences 2.3 尊敬語 Form Sentences 2.4 謙譲語 Form Sentences 3 Questions

[edit] Reading

• Read about politeness in Japanese at wikibooks.
• Read about how this applies to verbs at wikibooks.

[edit] Exercise

• Write a sentence in both hiragana and kanji in the くだけた (plain) form.
• Write a sentence in both hiragana and kanji in the ていねい (polite) form.
• Write a sentence in both hiragana and kanji in the 尊敬語 (honorific) form.
• Write a sentence in both hiragana and kanji in the 謙譲語 (humble) form.

[edit] くだけた Form Sentences

Example: ビールを飲む。（ビールをのむ。）(I'm going to have a beer.)

[edit] ていねい Form Sentences

Example: ビールを飲みます。

[edit] 尊敬語 Form Sentences

Example: 先生はビールを召し上がりますか。（せんせいはビールをめしあがりますか。）(Teacher, are you going to have a beer?)

[edit] 謙譲語 Form Sentences

Example: 私はビールを頂きます。（わたしはビールをいただきます。）(I'm going to have a beer.)

[edit] Questions

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