Respectfully,

Author: Liu Jincai Xu Yiping Liu Jincai
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Publish Date: 1999-09-01
Features: This book's table of contents introduction: 1. Japanese honorific language and its perspective; 2. Types of honorific language, their expressive meanings, and structural forms; 3. Word formation in honorific language and its usage, etc. Those of us who teach Japanese often deeply feel when teaching beginners: "Learning English is coming in crying and going out laughing, while learning Japanese is coming in laughing and crying." This means that for us native Chinese speakers, Japanese may seem relatively easy at the beginning but becomes increasingly difficult as you learn more. Even after mastering the basic grammar of Japanese and a considerable number of common vocabulary, it is still very difficult to speak Japanese very naturally. One of the main reasons why Japanese is so difficult for us is that it has a much more complex honorific system than Chinese. As one of the main features of Japanese, honorific language not only has a highly complex grammatical system and numerous expressive forms but also often requires changes based on time, place, occasion, audience, and interpersonal relationships, making it quite challenging to grasp and use appropriately.