Name: Anonymous 2006-03-31 20:26
Both keiyōshi and keiyōdōshi are made more polite by the use of desu, but the way that desu is used is different. Desu is added directly after keiyōshi and has no grammatical function; its only purpose is to make the utterance more polite. For keiyōdōshi, desu is used instead of da.
It is worth noting that because the widespread study of Japanese is still relatively new in the Western world, there are no generally accepted English translations for these parts of speech.
It is worth noting that because the widespread study of Japanese is still relatively new in the Western world, there are no generally accepted English translations for these parts of speech.