Lesson 78: 面接に 参りました

N4 · Lesson 78 · 20 min — Lessons 73–77 review: respectful, humble and polite speech, three levels of requests, plus の・こと・〜さ・ことに する/なる

No new grammar in this lesson! We put Lessons 73–77 side by side: respectful speech, humble and polite speech, request levels, nominalizing with の・こと, and ことに する/なる. In the questions, リン is Rin, 先生せんせい is Neko-sensei, and 面接めんせつ is an interview.

After this lesson, you can:

Interview time!

Rin wants to study at a tourism school. Today is his interview! (面接めんせつ = interview)

Use respectful speech for their actions and humble speech for yours. To make an action a noun, add の or こと. Next: Rin can read even more of the letter...

Interview at the tourism school

The interviewer uses respectful speech to Rin. Rin uses humble speech about himself. Tap each line to hear the Japanese.

Review vocabulary cards

Grammar 1 / 4: Respectful speech

Their action → respectful speech: special verbs, お〜に なる, 〜れる/〜られる

Grammar 2 / 4: Humble・polite speech

My action → humble speech: special verbs, お/ご〜する; more formal talk → ございます

Grammar 3 / 4: Requests・させてください

The more indirect, the more polite: 〜て いただけませんか; Please let me ~: 〜させて ください

Grammar 4 / 4: の・こと・〜さ

Wrap actions and adjectives into nouns: 〜の・〜こと・〜さ