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JLPT N5 Grammar

お～になる

N5Honorifics

N5 · Honorifics · お + masu-stem verb + になる

respectful form

お + masu-stem verb + になる

お〜になる is honorific language that raises the action of the listener or a third person.

Use it for customers, teachers, superiors, and similar people; not for your own actions.

先生はもうお帰りになりました。

The teacher has already left.

Do not use honorific お〜になる for your own actions; use humble or polite forms instead.

Honorific language raises the other person.

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