Expounding on the use of honorific verbs, I have a few sample
sentences for your review. The sentences are, "Who gave us this
manifesto?" and "Who received this manifesto?"
1. Sono gekibun wa dare no kudatta no desu ka?
2. Sono gekibun wa dare ga ageta ka?
3. Sono gekibun wa dare ga kureta ka?
4. Sono gekibun wa dare ga itadaita ka?
5. Sono gekibun wa dare ga moratta ka?
6. Sono gekibun wa dare ga uketotta ka?
7. Sono gekibun wa dare ga sonaeta ka?
8. Sono gekibun wa dare ga sashiageta ka?
I was once watching an episode of the "Inuyasha" anime. Here,
Tôtôsai the (aged) swordsmith often refers to Inuyasha as an idiot.
In the same episode, Inuyasha tells Tôtôsai something
like, «Tessaiga wo motte kite ageta ka?» -- "Did you bring
Tessaiga?" Now I see why the swordsmith regards his client so lowly!
- Arian I.
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