A grammatical question for Japanese
Hi guys,

it would really help me if one of you could answer the following question:

What is the difference between
待ちしていました
and
待っていました
?

Thank you very much!

Yair

Question

A grammatical question for Japanese
Hi guys,

it would really help me if one of you could answer the following question:

What is the difference between
待ちしていました
and
待っていました
?

Thank you very much!

Yair

Answer

お＋～(i)します　is a type of honorific we usually use in japanese,
for example,
「お待ちしておりました、旦那様」、「お供いたします、ご主人様・・」

so,I think the first one is actually お待ちしていました
because you must add お in front of the verb if you want to use this type of honorific

and second one also has honorific but show less respect than first one
and in this case,you are not supposed to put お in front of the verb

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