[✐4. Allegretto] Upgrade your Japanese - humble and beautiful!
お+V(I,II)ます+します、ご+N/V(III)+します [謙譲語 Humble]
“I will call you later.”
[00:08]
Hello everyone. Today, we will practice the refined expressions which are useful in business situation. I also recommend you to use them when you talk to superiors or people you meet for the first time.
Note: Kenjougo is a humble way of speaking, when you speak to someone of a higher position of power or a senior person, in which you humble yourself down. Together with sonkeigo(honorific language), many learners are annoyed by these complicated systems - but today, we stick to the very basic of humble way of speaking. In fact, not just in a hierarchical context, it also gives others a sophisticated impression.
[00:21]
My condition of throat is not good today, but I will do my best.
[00:27]
Followings are when you talk about your own actions. In other words, the subject is “watashi = I”. Repeat after the sound ♫.
--- It’s difficult to reflect a humble way of speaking in the English translation, but think of it with the nuance of “let me do something (for you).” ---
[00:40]
1. I will lead the way.
2. I will explain how to use.
3. I will inform you of tomorrow’s schedule.
4. I will prepare it.
5. I will carry (your) bag.
6. I will give you the materials/handouts.
7. I will take your picture.
8. I will send the package/parcel.
9. I will lend you an umbrella.
10. I will call a taxi.
[02:45]
Now, make a sentence with “〜shimashouka” as follows.
For example,
We’re busy preparing for tomorrow’s meeting.
/ I, too, help
→ Shall I help you too?
Ready?
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「のちほど こちらから おでんわします。」
[00:08]
みなさん、こんにちは。きょうは、ビジネスでやくだつ、きれいなにほんごを れんしゅうします。めうえのひとや、はじめてあうひとと はなすときも、ぜひ、つかってみてください。
[00:21]
きょうは、ちょっとのどのちょうしがわるいんですが、がんばります。
[00:27]
みなさんが、じぶんじしんの こうどうについて はなすときのいいかたです。つまり、しゅごは「わたし」です。♫のあとをリピートしてください。
[00:40]
1. あんないします。
= ごあんないします。
2. つかいかたを せつめいします。
= つかいかたを ごせつめいします。
3. あしたのよていを れんらくします。
= あしたのよていを ごれんらくします。
4. よういします
= ごよういします。
5. かばんを もちます。
= かばんを おもちします。
6. しりょうを わたします。
= しりょうを おわたしします。
7. しゃしんをとります。
= しゃしんをおとりします。
8. にもつをおくります。
= にもつをおおくりします。
9. かさを かします。
= かさを おかしします。
10. タクシーをよびます。
= タクシーを およびします。
[02:45]
では、つぎのように「〜しましょうか」で、ぶんをつくってください。
たとえば、
あすの かいぎの じゅんびで いそがしいです。
/ わたしも てつだいます
→ わたしも おてつだいしましょうか。
いいですか
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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.
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