Grammar Info

N4 Lesson 7: 17/18

致(いた)すTo do (Humble)

It is more humble than お〜する

Structure

する ￫ いたす
お + Verb［stem］+ いたす
ご(1) + ［する］ Verb + いたす

(1) お, limited to ［する］Verbs like: 電話(でんわ)する、勉強(べんきょう)する、散歩(さんぽ)する

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About いたす

いたす, or 致(いた)す as it is often written, is a humble speech う-Verb, which refers to the actions of the speaker (or people within the speakers inner circle, like their company). Similarly to お〜する, いたす means 'to do'.

In the case of する verbs themselves, simply replace する with いたす. For other verbs, add いたす to the ます stem of the verb, while attaching お, or ご to the beginning (depending on whether it is a word of Japanese or Chinese origin).

Caution

Words that include the kanji 拝(はい) 'to worship', or 'to revere', do not usually require お, ご, or いたす. This is due to the word itself being 'respectful'.

Fun Fact

いたす is considered to be slightly more humble than お〜する, which means that it will be heard more frequently in advertisements, or being used by company employees.

Examples

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    ご案内(あんない)いたします。

    I will guide you.

    拝借(はいしゃく)してもよろしいですか。

    May I borrow it?

    駅(えき)の前(まえ)でお待(ま)ちいたします。

    I will wait in front of the station.

    品物(しなもの)は明日(あした)お送(おく)りいたします。

    We will send the merchandise tomorrow.

    お荷物(にもつ)をお持(も)ちいたしましょうか？

    Shall I take your baggage?

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      いたす – Grammar Discussion

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      • 11442

        11442

        “Regarding 募集 specifically, note that the example sentence with 募集 has an orange note that this is one of the exceptions where ご (not お) is not used.”

        The question does not have any such note in it’s current iteration.

        Are the prefixes お/ご considered conjugations? Because the hint it gives if you add it here is “Could you try another way of conjugating this structure?” (Honestly, I don’t know that a yellow hint has ever saved me except for letting me try something else - they seem to always be extremely misleading or vague)

      • Fuga

        Fuga

        Hey there @11442 !

        This seemed like an error on our end so I have changed the hint to say ‘Can you remove something from the beginning?’, when お or ご is included in the answer!

      • torpedotaiyaki

        torpedotaiyaki

        Is there a reason

        まだその映画を拝見していないので、一緒に見に行きませんか。

        is under the [いたす] grammar point? I’ve aware of the warning about 拝-words and いたす, but that only further confuses me why this question is where it is. It seems like this problem belongs under the kenjougo お〜する. Especially given the hints Bunpro uses - ‘basic humble’ and ‘very humble’.

        This seems analogous to having a question like “アパートに猫がいる”, but then testing it under ある, with the rationale being 'you shouldn’t mix up いる/ある”.

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