はる

Osaka: Referring Respectfully to Another Person's Action

Level 3Sounds Like haruRegional Speech

Osaka-centered はる can add respectful treatment when talking about another person's action.

How It Works

先生はこの本を読みはる refers respectfully to the teacher's reading. The respectful form concerns the person doing the action; it does not make the speaker's own action humble.

Local stem shapes and the strength of respectful treatment vary by speaker and relationship. はる can appear in ordinary conversation and is not a substitute for every formal honorific such as お読みになる. Shared です/ます and formal honorific forms remain available.

This card teaches the nonpast はる form attached to the reviewed Osaka masu-stem. Past forms, contracted short stems and constructions such as てはる require their own analysis. Do not add はる to a noun, an adjective or an already complete polite predicate.

Examples (3)

  1. 先生はこの本を読みはる。

    The teacher reads this book. (respectful)

  2. 店長は毎朝ここに来はる。

    The manager comes here every morning. (respectful)

  3. 先生は午後に話しはる。

    The teacher will speak in the afternoon. (respectful)

How It Connects

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はるLevel 3Osaka: Referring Respectfully to Another Person's Action

Learn This First

Find the Osaka masu-stem connection before adding respectful はる. Identify the person being treated respectfully and choose the required social register.

Words in This Pattern

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