Tuesday, 29 March 2016

word usage - What is the reasoning behind picking お or ご as an honorific prefix?


We've learnt that お is used for 訓読み and ご is used for 音読み. I want to know why we use お上手 and お電話. Why can't we use ごじょうず and ごでんわ?




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