お〜になります／ご〜になりますo~ ni narimasu / go~ ni narimasu
O ni narimasu (お〜になります) means “honorific action form”.
To take (Honorific)
Use 「お〜になります／ご〜になります」 for another person’s actions, choosing お or ご to fit the word.
In the course
How it works
Look at who is going home. The colleague uses honorific language to show respect for the department head’s action.
First check who performs the action: use this form for the department head’s actions, but not for your own.
Look at the two sets of blocks: 取ります takes お, and 説明します takes ご. Both end with になります.
For an ordinary verb, first remove ます: 取ります leaves 取り, giving お取りになります.
Remove the whole します from 説明します. This leaves 説明, giving ご説明になります.
Here, になります is simply part of the honorific form. It does not mean becoming something or changing state.
お and ご are not freely interchangeable. Ordinary verbs usually take お; Sino-Japanese words like 説明 usually take ご.
This pattern does not work for every verb. For verbs with a special honorific form, learn that special form.
Example sentences
- お取りotoriにniなりますnarimasu
To take (Honorific)
- ご説明gosetsumeiにniなりますnarimasu
To explain (Honorific)
In a conversation
- A部長はまだお帰りになりませんか。
A: Has the manager not returned yet?
- Bいいえ、もうすぐお帰りになると
Check yourself
Level 0 · Conjugate
Use お〜になります / ご〜になります to show respect. お／ご〜になる（尊敬）
社長は午後からお客様の会社へ（出かけます）。
Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
The president takes the documents.
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
社長は資料 になります。
The president will take the documents.
More grammar in this theme
- お〜になります／ご〜になりますhonorific action form
