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レストランでAt the restaurant

Resutoran de

Ordering at a restaurant. After the object (what you eat or drink) you add the particle "o": gohan o tabemasu, mizu o nomimasu. To ask politely, use "…o kudasai": menyū o kudasai. English speakers often drop the "o" (gohan tabemasu → gohan o tabemasu). New words: gohan, asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan, mizu, ocha, mise, menyū, chūmon suru, resutoran. Script corner: the katakana "resutoran, menyū".

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ごはん たべます？ ごはんを たべます？— gohan tabemasu? gohan o tabemasu?

  1. YukiマMaイiクkuさsaんn、なnaにniをoたtaべbeまmaすsuかka？Mike, what are you eating?
  2. MikeごGoはhaんnたtaべbeまmaすsu。I eat rice. (slip: the object needs the particle "o" — say "gohan o tabemasu")
  3. YukiもMoくkuてteきkiごgoにni「をo」をoつtsuけkeまmaすsu：ごgoはhaんnをoたtaべbeまmaすsu。The object takes "o": gohan o tabemasu.
  4. MikeあA、ごgoはhaんnをoたtaべbeまmaすsu。そSoしshiてteみmiずzuをoのnoみmiまmaすsu。Ah, I eat rice. And I drink water.

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ちゅうもん— Ordering

  1. てんいんいIらraっsしゃshaいiまmaせse。ごGoちゅうchūもmoんnはwa？Welcome. What would you like to order?
  2. YukiひHiるruごgoはhaんnをoくkuだdaさsaいi。そSoしshiてteおoちゃchaをoくkuだdaさsaいi。Lunch, please. And some tea, please.
  3. てんいんはHaいi。メMeニューnyūをoどうdōぞzo。Certainly. Here is the menu.
  4. YukiあAりriがgaとうtōごgoざzaいiまmaすsu。Thank you very much.

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ごgoはhaんn

nounrice; meal

あaさsaごgoはhaんn

nounbreakfast

ひhiるruごgoはhaんn

nounlunch

ばbaんnごgoはhaんn

noundinner

みmiずzu

nounwater

おoちゃcha

nountea

みmiせse

nounshop, store

メmeニューnyū

nounmenu

ちゅうchūもmoんnすsuるru

verbto order (→ chūmon shimasu)

レreスsuトtoラraンn

nounrestaurant

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The object "o" and "kudasai"

Explanation

After the object (what you eat or drink) you add the particle "o". "O" is pronounced like "o": gohan o tabemasu, mizu o nomimasu. To ask politely, use "…o kudasai" (please give me): menyū o kudasai, mizu o kudasai. English speakers often drop the "o" and say "gohan tabemasu" — "gohan o tabemasu" is correct. To go to a place, use "ni": resutoran ni ikimasu.

Examples

  • メニューを ください。The menu, please.
  • わたしは ごはんを たべます。I eat rice.
  • みずを のみます。おちゃも のみます。I drink water. I drink tea too.
  • レストランに いきます。そして ちゅうもんします。I go to the restaurant. And I order.

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じょし「を」は「お」— The particle を is read "o"

Read the sentences aloud:

  • メニューを ください。menyū o kudasaiThe menu, please. (を = "o")
  • ごはんを たべます。gohan o tabemasuI eat rice.
  • みずを のみます。mizu o nomimasuI drink water.
  • レストランに いきます。resutoran ni ikimasuI go to the restaurant.

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