お／ご〜になる
お／ご〜になる means honorific form; do respectfully. It is a JLPT N4 grammar point. 「お／ご〜になる」 is an honorific form used to show respect for another person's action. The common pattern is 「お + masu-stem + になる」 or 「ご + Sino-Japanese noun + になる」. It is used for someone else's action, not your own.
Japanese sources describe it as 「尊敬語の形」.
お／ご〜になる examples
先生はもうお帰りになりました。
The teacher has already gone home.
先生はこの本をお読みになります。
The teacher reads this book.
お／ご〜になる exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
先生はもう（ ）になりました。
- 帰り
- ご帰り
- お帰る
- お帰り ✓
The teacher has already gone home.
先生は毎朝新聞を（ ）になります。
- お読み ✓
- ご読み
- お読んで
- 読み
The teacher reads the newspaper every morning.
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