Honorific

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Some languages make use of honorifics, indicators of politeness.

In Japanese these would be the suffixes ă?•ă‚“ (san) and ă?•ă?ľ (sama) added to the name of another person, or the prefix ă?Š (o), as in ă?ŠčŚ¶ (ocha = honoured tea, the Japanese like their tea ;).

In Korean an honorific is a verbal fragment adding politeness. An honorific (roughly an "s" sound) may be added within some verbs.

There is also a general overview page on Politeness in language.


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Translations

  • Danish: ærbødighedsfrase c
  • Swedish: artighetsmarkör c

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