Is this supposed to be read as おかね I thought only girls are supposed to add o's in front of words? - Feed Post by Ghosts
Is this supposed to be read as おかね I thought only girls are supposed to add o's in front of words?
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No. "O" in front of a word just means that it's polite speak, as for "Osushi".
お and ご are honorific prefixes that go before words to make them more polite. Some examples are お茶 (tea), お手洗い (restroom), お父さん (father), or even the phrase "お元気ですか" ("How are you?").
Longer explanation: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BE%A1#Japanese
