musicisgood Sempai Donor Ten-year veteran Joined 4 Sep 2015 Messages 2,306 Reaction score 1,906 21 Sep 2022 #1 ご注文はお決まりですか 注文 Why is ご used in front of ちゅうもん （注文） Thanks
mdchachi Moderator Moderator Twenty-year veteran Joined 6 Mar 2003 Messages 9,318 Reaction score 9,447 21 Sep 2022 #2 It's an honorific just like お＋茶＝お茶 I don't know why some words use お and other words use ご. Another common word that takes ご is 家族.
It's an honorific just like お＋茶＝お茶 I don't know why some words use お and other words use ご. Another common word that takes ご is 家族.
thomas Unswerving cyclist Admin Joined 14 Mar 2002 Messages 21,054 Reaction score 18,910 21 Sep 2022 #3 Some good explanations in this thread: お honorific Can you attach お to any noun to make it 'honorific'? In my reading I see おさけ (osake) to make sake honorific. Or, おげんきですか has it as well. Can you do this with any noun? Or only certain ones? jref.com
Some good explanations in this thread: お honorific Can you attach お to any noun to make it 'honorific'? In my reading I see おさけ (osake) to make sake honorific. Or, おげんきですか has it as well. Can you do this with any noun? Or only certain ones? jref.com
musicisgood Sempai Donor Ten-year veteran Joined 4 Sep 2015 Messages 2,306 Reaction score 1,906 21 Sep 2022 Thread starter #4 mdchachi said: It's an honorific just like お＋茶＝お茶 I don't know why some words use お and other words use ご. Another common word that takes ご is 家族. Click to expand... OK, thanks for explaining it to me.
mdchachi said: It's an honorific just like お＋茶＝お茶 I don't know why some words use お and other words use ご. Another common word that takes ご is 家族. Click to expand... OK, thanks for explaining it to me.