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お〜になる

JLPT N4 Keigo basics

honorific: someone (respected) does

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お plus the verb stem plus になる raises the subject's status, used for teachers, customers, and superiors. 書く becomes お書きになる. Verbs with special honorific forms like いらっしゃる and 召し上がる use those instead.

Examples

  • まし

    Shachou wa mou okaeri ni narimashita.

    The president has already gone home.

  • まし

    Kono hon o oyomi ni narimashita ka.

    Have you read this book?

Vocabulary in these examples

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