お～になる・ご～になる
Respectfully describe another person's action
You'll be able to raise the person performing an action with a general honorific pattern.
先生は新しい車にお乗りになります。
sensei wa atarashii kuruma ni onori ni narimasu.
What do you think this sentence means?
The teacher gets into the new car.
Respectfully describe another person’s action
お～になる and ご～になる raise the person performing an action. They are used for someone you are treating respectfully, not for honoring your own actions.
何時にお帰りになりますか。
nanji ni okaeri ni narimasu ka.
What time will you go home?
Form and use お～になる・ご～になる
Use established expressions such as お読みになる and ご利用になる. Special honorific verbs are preferred for many common actions. Avoid redundant forms such as お読みになられる.
何時にお帰りになりますか。
nanji ni okaeri ni narimasu ka.
What time will you go home?
こちらの部屋をご利用になりますか。
kochira no heya o goriyou ni narimasu ka.
Will you use this room?
社長はもうお帰りになりました。
shachou wa mou okaeri ni narimashita.
The company president has already gone home.
部長は明日の朝九時に空港にお着きになります。
buchou wa ashita no asa kuji ni kuukou ni otsuki ni narimasu.
The manager will arrive at the airport at nine tomorrow morning.
明日は何時にご出発になりますか。
ashita wa nanji ni goshuppatsu ni narimasu ka.
What time will you be leaving tomorrow?
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