lucas21c  +  726581 Tue, 12 May 09 11:20 AM I teach some students Japanese in English. Could you correct that, please? This article explains an honorific expressiono of Japanese. Thanks.   Best wishes, Lucas   ==   In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to express something to someone with respect.   １．You can hold a people in esteem by describing his acts or his owns with some specific honorific words. This art makes directly his status higher without making your status lower.     ２．You can hold a person in esteem by expressing your acts or your own with humility. This art makes indirectly his status higher by making your status lower.   ３. You can hold a listener in esteem by using prefixes, suffixes, or special words which originally have their own usages for respect. This art “simply” expresses something to him with respect, without making his status higher or making your status lower.             lucas21c Joined on Sat, Jan 31 2009 Junior Member 64 Essays, Articles, Writing, Students, Asia, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Usages, Languages, Suffixes, Prefixes

	Best answer by Clive  +  727745 Wed, 13 May 09 06:17 AM Hi,  In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to express something to someone with respect.   Instead of 'hold a person in esteem', it's more natural to say 'show esteem for a person'.   １．You can hold a people person in esteem by describing his acts or his owns (this doesn't make sense. His own what?) with some specific honorific words. This method directly makes his status higher without making your status lower.    Similar comments apply here. ２．You can hold a person in esteem by expressing your acts or your own (?) with humility. This art makes indirectly his status higher by making your status lower.   Similar comments apply here. ３. You can hold a listener in esteem by using prefixes, suffixes, or special words which originally have their own usages for respect. This art “simply” expresses something to him with respect, without making his status higher or making your status lower.   Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,585 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	lucas21c  +  732793 Sat, 16 May 09 11:02 AM Thanks, Clive. Probably it would be better if I changed "his owns" into "his own things".   Good Luck, Lucas lucas21c

	Clive  +  732960 Sat, 16 May 09 01:30 PM Hi, The term 'his possessions" matches better with the register (ie the words and style) you are using in the ret of the sentence.   Clive Clive Sentences, Styles