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26 Oct 2017
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What is the difference between o and go ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between o and go ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Both お and 御 go are the prefixes which mean a politeness.
There is no regular rule of the usage.
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so they mean the exact same thing ? it doesn't matter which one I use for example
o genki desu ka ?
go genki desu ka ?
are the exact same sentence ?
o genki desu ka ?
go genki desu ka ?
are the exact same sentence ?
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@sutaringu No, only 'o genki' is used. It's not allowed to change o to go.
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