Phase 5 · 9 min

Asking and getting by

Question words, directions, when you don't understand

what
who
where
when
why
how
which (one) / which (noun)
how much
how long / how much

toire wa doko desuka

Where is the toilet?

X は どこですか works for anything.

eki wa doko desuka

Where is the station?

massugu itte, migi ni magatte kudasai

Go straight, then turn right.

左 (ひだり) = left. 右 (みぎ) = right.

kore wa nan desuka

What is this?

kore wa nihongo de nan to iimasuka

How do you say this in Japanese?

Your most important sentence for the first year.

mou ichido onegaishimasu

Once more, please.

yukkuri hanashite kudasai

Please speak slowly.

sumimasen, wakarimasen

Sorry, I don't understand.

wakarimashita

Understood / got it.

eigo o hanasemasuka

Can you speak English?

shashin o tottemo ii desuka

May I take a photo?

osusume wa nan desuka

What do you recommend?

In any restaurant. Then say それをください.

اردو

From Urdu

Question words sit where the answer would sit, exactly like Urdu: ٹوائلٹ کہاں ہے = トイレはどこですか, word for word. No inversion, no 'do'. Add か at the end instead of raising the voice.

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16 cards

Add them to spaced repetition

Cards in this lesson (16)

nani

what

dare

who

doko

where

itsu

when

doushite

why

dore

which one

〜ha doko desuka

where is …?

migi

right

hidari

left

massugu

straight

nihongo de nan to iimasuka

how do you say it in Japanese?

mou ichido onegaishimasu

once more please

yukkuri hanashite kudasai

please speak slowly

wakarimasen

I don't understand

wakarimashita

understood

osusume

recommendation

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