Exercise 9: Simulation Exercise for
Apologizing Ð 1
The speaker in the sample
dialogue uses polite to very polite language. She uses the desu/masu style all the way, and sprinkles with some very polite usage ---
the humble form of some verbs.
Examples
of the humble forms in the dialogue:
加藤と申しますが Katoto moushimasuga
伺うことができなくなってしまったんですukagau
kotoga dekinaku
natte shimattan desu
These data in Exercise 9 are based
on a study by Hayashi (1999).