I'm not an expert, but this is what I think: As soon as you put 'o' in front of something it becomes more polite. Now oneechan is still not very polite, because you still have 'chan' at the end. Oneesan would be more polite of course. And the most polite would be oneesama.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:22 pm
Shasita
I'm not an expert, but this is what I think: As soon as you put 'o' in front of something it becomes more polite. Now oneechan is still not very polite, because you still have 'chan' at the end. Oneesan would be more polite of course. And the most polite would be oneesama.
this is exactly right~~ the "O" is an honorific thing =]