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[ぞん()·]
gozonji
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[ぞん()·()]
gozonji
[()·ぞん()·]
gozonji
[()·ぞん()·()]
gozonji

English Meanings:

noun
  1. knowing
  2. (an) acquaintance
Member Since
30 Mar, 2013
Location
Kuala Lumpur
Number of Posts
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Anyone can give me example on how this word is used in sentences?

Nurul laugh

#1 Posted by Nurul over 11 years ago
Member Since
21 Jul, 2012
Location
Sydney, Australia
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Hi Nurul, sorry for the delayed response.

ご存じ  「ご・ぞん・じ」is the 敬語 「けい・ご」 (respectful form) of 知っています 「し・っています」 (to know).  It has the same meaning, but is used when you are talking about the action of someone else to who you are showing respect to, ie a superior at work, or your Japanese teacher.

So, as an example, if you wanted to ask your superior at work, (Do you know Mr Smith?), instead of saying

スミスさんを知っていますか?

You can say

スミスさんをご存じですか?

which shows respect to your superior.

Note, you would never use ご存じ about your own actions, ie

私はスミスさんをご存じです

would be incorrrect

 

Hope that helps!

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