お〜・ご〜
お〜・ご〜 means polite honorific prefix. It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. 「お」 and 「ご」 are placed before nouns to make them sound more polite. Many words use 「お」, such as 「お名前」 and 「お茶」, while some use 「ご」, such as 「ご家族」 and 「ご住所」.
Japanese sources describe it as 「ていねいにする言葉」.
お〜・ご〜 examples
お名前は何ですか。
What is your name?
ご家族はお元気ですか。
Is your family well?
お〜・ご〜 exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
（ ）名前は何ですか。
- お ✓
- ご
- を
- に
What is your name?
（ ）家族はお元気ですか。
- お
- が
- ご ✓
- で
Is your family well?
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