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Polite Part II

お + stem + になる This makes a 'normal' verb honorific (exalted) [You are speaking to or about someone with a higher status than you (your boss)]

社長と話しましたか?
shachou to hanashimashita ka?
Company president - with - talk - ?
Did you speak with the boss? (normal)
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社長とになりましたか?
shachou to o hanashi ni narimashita ka?
Did you speak with the boss? (polite)

何か飲みませんか?
nanika nomimasen ka?
something - won't drink - question
Won't you drink something? (normal)
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何か飲みになりませんか?
nanika o nomi ni narimasen ka?
Won't you drink something? (polite)

お + stem + ください This also makes a 'normal' verb exalted; it is used when asking things - 'please give me'

売ってください。
utte kudasai.
Please sell (me this). (normal)
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お売りください。
o uri kudasai.
Please sell (me this) (honorific)

食べてください。
tabete kudasai,
Please eat. (normal)
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お食べください
o tabe kudasai.
Please eat. (polite)
For a more detailed explanation and many more examples see here.
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