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Those in the right column of the table sound more “formal” than “polite” which means it doesn’t sound like paying respect to the listeners but more objective and in a distant manner. If I am supposed to say them politely I’d say like >お元気でしたら(ば)*just polite, 丁寧語 >お元気でいらっしゃいましたら(ば)*paying more respect, 尊敬語 >お元気でないようでしたら >お元気でいらっしゃらないようでしたら(ば)*more respect
Christopher Cruz
okay i see, thank you. the table just looked weird to me and i thought there might be something wrong. also i wasn't able to find these forms anywhere else, or just very rarely >Those in the right column of the table sound more “formal” than “polite” I assume this applies to these "polite" verb conjugations as well then?
ok tryna crank out the grammar. I forgot where I read it (I've got too many sources) but が is used to replace は when the subject being asked about is not known? like だれが学生ですか? right?
