--- In [email protected], "ai3131" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> 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?
First, "gekibun" isn't the right word for "manifesto", because it
means a statement issued by agitators. Use "manifesuto" or "kouyaku-
sho". These days Japanese politicians and journalists
use "manifesuto" all the time.
Second, the word "dare" doesn't go along well with "kudasatta"
(not "kudatta"). Honorific verbs should be used together with
honorific nouns (in this case, "donata").
The above sentence should be corrected as follows:
-Sono manifesuto wa donata ga kudasatta no desu ka.
> 2. Sono gekibun wa dare ga ageta ka?
This sentence is grammatically correct, but totally unnatural. You
have to use "kureta" insted of "ageta".
-Sono manifesuto wa dare ga kureta no ka?
This sounds very rude, so you should say "Sono manifesuto wa dare ga
kureta no?" or more politely "Sono manifesuto wa dare ga kureta no
desuka."
> 3. Sono gekibun wa dare ga kureta ka?
See the comment above.
> 4. Sono gekibun wa dare ga itadaita ka?
Again, grammatically correct but very unnatural. The natural way to
say this is:
-Sono manifesuto wa dare ga moratta no (desu ka)?
> 5. Sono gekibun wa dare ga moratta ka?
See the comment above.
> 6. Sono gekibun wa dare ga uketotta ka?
This one is OK (except for "gekibun" and the use of "ka").
> 7. Sono gekibun wa dare ga sonaeta ka?
You can't use "sonaeta" in this sentence.
> 8. Sono gekibun wa dare ga sashiageta ka?
OK, but the comment on Sentence 2 applies here too.
Kamui
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