Comments on: Beginner’s Japanese – Chapter VI – Keigo

By: Preya

Preya — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:38:37 +0000

Thank you for this! It’s a great help in learning keigo, and also very interesting and well-written! You’re really funny ^_^

Domo arigatou gozaimasu!

By: boxoa

boxoa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:07:45 +0000

ある晴れた日のこと～
魔法以上のユカイが～
desune.

nihonzintoshitemo
konna saitoga arukotozitai
sirimasenndeshita.

watashinitottemo keigo ha muzukasiito
omoimasu.

By: Ishi No Ue - Japanese Language Learning » 敬語

Ishi No Ue - Japanese Language Learning » 敬語 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:25:39 +0000

[...] That’s all there is to it. For all the ins and outs of Keigo, then try this page or this one. [...]

By: santoso

santoso — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:53:48 +0000

please tell me about any change in this latest of keigo,it will help so much for my study.

By: santoso

santoso — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:44:22 +0000

i’m learning about keigo now for my ronbun.looking for any article of keigo.

By: Neither

Neither — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:18:09 +0000

This kind of “aru” means something along the lines of “one”, “some”, “a certain”, etc. For example, “aru hi” is “one day”, not quite as in “one, instead of two or three”, but more like “there’s this one day”. I’ve seen “aru hi” used to begin reciting a tale; it kind of strikes me as a stock similar in use to “once upon a time” but I could be off on this one.

By: Just some one

Just some one — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:37:53 +0000

I have a question. what does aru mean? I saw it in Hare Hare Yukai.

Lyrics:
Aru Hare tohi no koto
Mahou ijou no yukai wa… and so on. What does aru mean?

By: ty

ty — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:36:18 +0000

Looks like its been a year since this section was updated, but if u r looking for a topic, sound words might be interesting. Sorry i forgot the actual term, but youll get wat i mean from this page. http://www.thejapanesepage.com/ono.htm
These things r so convenient and expressive that i often mistakenly mix them into my singlish.

A chapter on the ending of sentences might also be interesting. eg
http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa110401a.htm
Besides the conventional, theres also stuff like how dejiko ends her sentences in “nyo” etc. absolutely no meaning, but cute. in this respect Japanese is very expressive.

By: Akimoto

Akimoto — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:45:27 +0000

I’m planning to go on a trip to Japan, this will definately help in my study! Danke schon!

By: SHINING

SHINING — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:51:23 +0000

Wow, I just read them all. Good job ^^.

USUALLY “O” goes before words formed by one kanji, and “GO” before two kanji ones.

Examples:
お金 | okane | money
お皿 | osara | plate

ご家族 | gokazoku | family
ご挨拶 | goaisatsu | greetings

An exeption:

お名前 | onamae | name

It’s generally like DarkMirage said.

I never heared about putting “O” before a name… but it can be a modern habbit, as you said.