- Hepburn: teineigo),
respectful language (****anese: 尊（そん）敬（けい）語（ご）, Hepburn:
sonkeigo), and
humble language (****anese: 謙（けん）譲（じょう）語（ご）, Hepburn: kenjōgo), also...
-
honorific language (敬語 keigo),
which is
divided into
three categories:
Sonkeigo (尊敬語, "respectful language"): Used to
denote respect towards a superior...
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speak in a
polite way
regardless of the age or
class of the
other person.
Sonkeigo (尊敬語) is
another type of keigo. It is used to make the
person who is being...
-
Whereas teineigo (丁寧語) (polite language) is
commonly an
inflectional system,
sonkeigo (尊敬語) (respectful language) and kenjōgo (謙譲語) (humble language)
often employ...
- protection. The word
mamori (守り)
means 'protection', with
omamori being the
sonkeigo (honorific) form of the word.
Originally made from
paper or wood, modern...
- The
Awaji dialect (淡路方言,
Awaji hōgen), also
called Awaji ben (淡路弁), is a
dialect of ****anese
spoken on
Awaji Island (which
comprises the
cities of Sumoto...
-
Western linguistic theory:
sonkeigo,
respectful language;
kensongo or kenjōgo,
humble language; and teineigo,
polite language.
Sonkeigo raises the
status of...
-
separate sentences (end
sentences with desu or masu).
Avoid honorific forms (
sonkeigo) and
humble forms (kenjōgo). Use
polite forms (teineigo) instead. Do not...
- to
express either honorific or
humble meanings.
Honorific speech (尊敬語,
sonkeigo) is used to
exalt others when they are the
subject of the sentence. Conversely...
