お〜します／ご〜しますo~ shimasu / go~ shimasu
O shimasu (お〜します) means “humble action for others”.
I will write it for you. (Humble)
Use 「お〜します／ご〜します」 for your own action when you do something to help or serve someone.
In the course
How it works
Who is carrying the luggage? The employee. 「お持ちします」 describes what the speaker does for the customer.
This is humble language: you speak humbly about your own actions to show respect for the person you are helping.
Remove 「ます」 from 「持ちます」 and put the remaining part into 「お～します」: お持ちします.
When you write something for someone, 「書きます」 also becomes 「お書きします」. You are the one doing the writing.
Add 「ご」 before 「案内します」 to make 「ご案内します」: “I will show you the way.”
First check who performs the action. If the other person carries the luggage, you cannot use 「お持ちします」 to describe their action.
To offer help, you can ask 「荷物をお持ちしましょうか」, “Shall I carry your luggage?” It is a polite offer.
「お／ご」 cannot be swapped freely, and this pattern does not work with every verb. Start by learning these common combinations.
Example sentences
- お書きokakiします。shimasu
I will write it for you. (Humble)
- ご案内goannaiします。shimasu
I will guide you. (Humble)
In a conversation
- A荷物をお持ちしましょうか。
A: Shall I carry your luggage?
- Bいいえ、大丈夫です。ありがとうございます。
B: No, I'm fine. Thank you.
- A
Check yourself
Level 0 · Conjugate
Use お〜します / ご〜します to speak humbly about your own action. お／ご〜する（謙譲）
では、新しいデザインを（見せます）。
Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
I will write it.
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
私が （書く・お〜しますの形）ます。
I will write it for you.
More grammar in this theme
- お〜します／ご〜しますhumble action for others