Today we learn two key questions in Japanese. Get ready to throw away your dictionary! Actually, you might want to hang on to it a bit longer, but you can definately put it away! Today we teach you how to turn ordinary people into walking dictionaries and interpreters! You don’t want to miss today’s espisode of Japanese Survival Phrases.
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19 Responses to “Survival Phrases #7 - How Do You Say This?”
Steve says:
January 30th, 2006 at 8:39 am
Just in case anyone is interested….I have posted some photos of my daughter Sakura in a Kimono when she was 3 years old. It is not a very good web page and it is in Geocites so it tends to go down a lot, but the address is:
http://uk.geocities.com/doncastlehouse/sakurachan.html
I just thought as this is a site dedicated to the Japanese language and culture, something personal might be a nice touch.
Jaa Mata
O-genki de
Steve 
Peter says:
January 30th, 2006 at 9:00 am
Thanks for the post Steve! Seems the site went down, will keep checking back! Looking forward to seeing Sakura. And speaking of pictures…..we’re still working on it! 
Natsuko says:
January 31st, 2006 at 2:56 am
Steve-san,
こんにちは！夏子です。Thank you for the pretty picture! 
さくらちゃん、とてもかわいいですね。She’s so cute and her kimono is very nice.
Peter says:
January 31st, 2006 at 8:27 am
Steve-san, very nice pictures! Was able to access them today! Thank you for sharing and the great participation! 
Please keep it up! By the way, does the rest of you family speak Japanese?
Steve says:
January 31st, 2006 at 8:51 am
Peter-san.
No, none of my family speaks Japanese. I have been trying to teach my wife and also my daughter the Japanese I know as we plan to visit Japan as a family……one day.
Funny enough, I recently found out that my Uncle, who emigrated to the USA when he was still young actually met and married a Japanese woman while stationed in Okinawa while he was in the US Army (or Marines…I cannot remember) Sadly they divorced and my uncle is now dead, but I would love to one day find her, as for a short while at least, my auntie was Japanese.
Anyway, I am please that you and Natsuko-san liked the photos. And thank you Natsuko-san for saying my daughter is very cute.
Jaa Mata
Steve
チャナン says:
January 31st, 2006 at 9:35 am
Another useful episode minasan. I was on the sky train today and I kept repeating これわ英語で何と言いますか？
これわ日本語で何と言いますか？
それわ英語で何と言いますか？
それわ日本語で何と言いますか？and so on.
You guys give us really useful tools to tackle Japanese language and I think it’s great!
Marcos says:
January 31st, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Very cute daughter in a kimono Steve. Congratulations!!!
I have spoken to some friends about japanesepod101.com. They still find Nihongo kinda difficult. I told them that I found it kinda tough too,but that was b4 I found out this amazing site See ya around folks 
Nate says:
February 4th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
I loved this lesson. It will be very helpful. Thank you so much.
Pedro says:
August 20th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Quick question I noticed that in one of the dialogues Peter says Jya when Natsko goe “mmm…” that she does not knwo how to say it in English. What is Jya before Peter asks how to say it in Japanese.
Thanks in advance!
Avi says:
October 11th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Hi Pedro,
“Jya” just means “in that case…” or “then…”. So, Natsuko might say she doesn’t know how to say it in English, and Peter will say “then, how to say it in Japanese?” –> “Jyaa, Nihongo de nanto iimasuka?”
Hope that helps!
Maria says:
January 9th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Sumi masen, i was wondering other versions of asking ‘how do you say this in” because i learned to say, ” ….eigo de nan desu ka?” Is this in a scale of formal to my version of informal?
Nick says:
April 5th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
This site is sooo helpful…the way things are explained is fantastic! I just have to compliment the people who are doing this website.
Thanks for the help!
JapanesePod101.com says:
September 18th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Mariaさん。they are essentially the same thing.
your version is more like “what’s this in english?” whereas the example in this dialog is literally “how do you say this in english?” hope this helps!
marky
ovhodulwaqid says:
October 31st, 2007 at 2:19 am
Prey. Lauren bellowed mum at amy wer fickt arsch pours one forher. She takes my lipsencircle her.
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
ジャケリンさん、
it depends on the situation, but usually 格好いい （kakkou ii） means “cool.”
but the literal translation is “looks good.” 
Kyle Hanson says:
June 12th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Thanks for the lesson! I am currently stationed in Okinawa and trying to learn as much Japanese as possible. I used this last night to ask the girl behind the counter how to say “soy sauce” in Japanese. Thanks again for the great lessons!
Mayumi says:
June 13th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Kyle Hanson-san,
Thank you for trying to use what you learned from our lesson! Please keep doing that and building up your vocabulary!! Ganbattekudasai!!
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Category: Survival Phrases |
Grammar: de, ka, particles, to, wa | Function: asking the name of something | Topic: food | Politeness Level: Polite
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