With the last two articles, you’ve learned to speak Japanese in the passive voice. This final article in the three part series puts the finishing touches on your excellent new abilities! Quite often, we form passive Japanese sentences from active sentences. For example, “Kenji stole Daichi’s bag” becomes “Daichi had his bag stolen by Kenjo.” It’s critical that you understand how to take an active sentence and turn it into the passive voice. The good news is, it’s easy to do! That’s exactly what you’ll learn in this Lower Intermediate Japanese article. Discover how o-suru becomes o-sareru when you speak in the passive voice. You’ll find so many helpful examples that you’re sure to feel completely comfortable speaking in the passive voice in Japanese. And it’s all thanks to this Lower Intermediate Japanese article!
Vocabulary: In this article, you’ll learn the following words and phrases:
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If you are visiting to Japan for business, and try to speak in Japanese, you need to be careful. Being polite is very important in Japan, especially for business.
In Japanese, using the plain/informal verb form is fine when you are having conversation with your mates. However, Japanese business mans may think that you are rude or unsophisticated. Knowing what level of formality is appropriate is an important part of speaking Japanese.
So today, this article tell you how to speak politely in Japanese and explain about the polite/neutral verb form.
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When I first started learning Japanese I was told by so many people, most of who didn’t speak Japanese, that Japanese was very difficult and an extremely polite language. Most people who study Japanese would agree that Japanese is a polite language. However, my ten years of living in Japan taught me that Japanese speak the way they do to meet established social conventions and requirements. I am not so sure that this makes the language polite.
Politeness is best expressed as the practical application of good manners or etiquette. I have had plenty of experiences where Japanese have spoken “politely” to me, yet not been polite in the true sense of the word. Rather than polite, I think of the Japanese language as being more a language of several levels of formality.
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