Keigo at work · Lesson 3

Humble forms: 「お〜する」 and 「ご〜いたす」

資料しりょうは、明日あしたの午前中ごぜんちゅうにお届とどけいたします。

Humble language lowers your side to raise the other person: special verbs, 「お〜する」/「ご〜いたす」, and the merely formal 「参まいる」 and 「申もうす」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: after the meeting
  2. 02Special humble verbs
  3. 03「お〜する」, 「ご〜する」, 「お〜いたす」
  4. 04Two kinds of humble language: raising the other person, and simply being formal
  5. 05Easy mistakes

Practice

  • Match the ordinary verbs to their humble forms
  • Which one is appropriate?
  • Who does this action?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to humble language
  • Put the pieces in order

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