Timeline for Use of なさい in ごめんなさい
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| May 24, 2023 at 4:55 | comment | added | yk7 | Actually there may be be an alternative "route": 免する -> (imperative) 免しろ -> (keigo) 免なさい... | |
| May 24, 2023 at 4:21 | comment | added | yk7 | The following answer confirms it, なさる is the keigo verson of する, なさい is the imperative version of なさる, ご is a polite prefix, so ご免なさい is the polite imperative version of 免する: 免する -> (keigo) 免なさる -> (imperative) 免なさい -> (polite) ご免なさい. But what does ください have to do with it? | |
| Jun 20, 2017 at 15:13 | history | answered | virmaior | CC BY-SA 3.0 |