Last Weeks Homework

Synopsis - 2026-03-04

"Supposed to be": はずです. Indicates strong expectation or certainty based on evidence. Dictionary form verbs, nouns with の, and な-adjectives with な.
Line/Queue: 行列 (ぎょうれつ).
Fluent: ペラペラ (ぺらぺら).
Art/Art School: 芸術 (げいじゅつ) / 芸術の学校 (げいじゅつのがっこう).

Random Words

ややこしい - Confusing -> い形容詞
遠慮しておきま -> えんりょしておきます -> Say this to decline an invitation. It translates to "I'll be reserved about it"
- Can also say 遠慮しないでください which means "don't worry about it". It literally means "don't be so reserved about it".
つま -> Wife
- Normal way of saying it
おと -> Husband
- Normal way of saying it
主人 -> しゅじん -> Way a wife often calls her husband
- A bit more polite
奥様が -> おくさま -> Wife
- Very polite way of saying it. Usually used in relation to other peoples wives
ご主人様 -> Husband | Lit: Master (yikes)
- Very polite way of saying it. Usually used in relation to other peoples Husbands
ゆっくり話 -> ゆっくりはなし -> A way to say "A good talk", but in like, deep conversation and productive talk kind of way
がる -> to feel (verb)
- I feel like this is a big one we somehow missed.

Main Point

謙譲語 -> けんじょうご -> Humble Speech

This is けいご、very polite speak, this is the second pattern. These words lower yourself, whereas そんけいご/尊敬語 raises the other person up. The subject of the sentences involved is usually ourselves, or our family. Something that involves us, since we're lowering it.

Used for superiors at work, for clients, for strangers, and for formal situations.

For Group 1,2 verbs

お + verb stem + しますお手伝いします -> To help お送りします -> おおくりします -> To Send

Group 3

ご + Noun + しますご案内します -> ごあんないします -> To Guide ごせつめいします -> To explain おでんわします -> To call おやくそくします -> To Promise

Examples

私は先生を駅にお送りします -> To drop off the teacher at the station 私は社長にscheduleをお伝えします -> TO tell the president the schedule 私は課長にお手伝いしましょう -> I'll help the manager

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