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Yasuke Adventure in Japanese : How to ask Japanese if they understood in very polite Japanese

As a way of increasing the depth of our Japanese knowledge Yasuke Tips has suggested using Yahoo ChieBukuro.

The following is an example search.

Let’s say you are helping a Japanese person with their business English (or in my case, writing a self-help blog for them). You give them an article to read and you want to ask them – rhetorically – if they understood it. Which of the following would you use:

「ご理解いただけましたか?」 「ご理解いただけたでしょうか?」

And ChieBukuro with the answer:

https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1089509160?__ysp=55CG6Kej44CA5pWs6Kqe44Go44Gv

 

(P.S. This content will be included later in Full Yasuke! Our textbook of Japanese and Guide to teaching Japanese. Check it out!)