Contents
1. Lesson 21-Top
2. Kanji in Lesson 21
3. たんご (Vocabulary)
4. 会話 (Dialogues)
5. ぶんぽう (Grammar)
6. れんしゅう (Practice)

Mr. Smith from America checking it at a hotel

In this lesson, we will learn various honorific expressions (尊敬語(そんけいご)) to ask something and give advices and gentle encouragements. We will also learn how to thank someone for doing something, how to congratulate others and express the idea that something "is supposed to be so-and-so."

ぶんぽう (Grammar)

  1. Honorific verb forms: おV-stemになる
  2. Honorific advice: おV-stemください
  3. Honorific Nouns and Adjectives: お名前, おいそがしい, お元気
  4. To thank someone for doing something: …くれてありがとう
  5. To congratulate someone: Vてよかったですね ("Congratulations for V-ing")
  6. To say I'm glad something happened: …てよかったです
  7. To express one's expectation: …はずです (be supposed to...)

Useful Social Expressions

  1. みなさんに よろしくお伝(つた)えください。 Please give my regards to everyone.

New Kanji

春、秋、冬、花、様、不、漢、卒、工、研、究、質、問、多、(場)

Lesson 21-Top