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Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha.
In this lesson, we’re going to look at how to give your phone number in Japanese.
Let’s get started!
Okay. First, let’s look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
For this lesson, the vocabulary words are numbers.
Let’s go one by one.
First we have zero, zero.
In Japanese, we can say ぜろ　(zero), ぜろ　(zero).
You might also hear some people say マル (maru) for this, which refers to a circle, but you can use ぜろ　(zero). It’s very easy to remember for English speakers, I think.
Next is number “1,” いち (ichi).
いち (ichi)
いち (ichi) [enunciated]
いち (ichi) “1”
“2” is に (ni).
に (ni)
"3" is さん (san).
さん (san)
さん (san) [enunciated]
さん (san) “3”
“4” is よん (yon).
よん (yon)
よん (yon) [enunciated]
よん (yon)
"5" is ご (go).
ご (go)
"6" is ろく (roku).
ろく (roku)
"7" is なな (nana).
なな (nana)
“8” is はち (hachi).
はち (hachi)
And "9" is きゅう (kyū).
きゅう (kyū)
So, you might know a couple of other words for numbers, like with “4” or “7” but when you’re giving your phone number, you need to use these vocabulary words.
So, next, we’re going to look at a dialogue that uses these numbers to give your phone number.
Okay. Let’s take a look at the dialogue for this lesson.
First, we have this question:
でんわばんごうはなんばんですか。(Denwa bangō wa nanban desu ka.)
でんわばんごうはなんばんですか。(Denwa bangō wa nanban desu ka.)
でんわばんごうはなんばんですか。(Denwa bangō wa nanban desu ka.)
Which means:
“What’s your phone number?”
でんわばんごうはなんばんですか。(Denwa bangō wa nanban desu ka.)
The response here is:
わたしのでんわばんごうは 070-0999-4198です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa zero nana zero zero kyū kyū kyū yon ichi kyū hachi desu.)
So, again:
わたしのでんわばんごうは 070-0999-4198です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa zero nana zero zero kyū kyū kyū yon ichi kyū hachi desu.)
Which means:
"My phone number is 070-0999-4198."
Let’s look at some more examples.
Okay. Let’s take a look at some example responses that use this pattern.
First example sentence here:
わたしのでんわばんごうは 070-0529-4888 です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa zero nana zero zero go ni kyū yon hachi hachi hachi desu.)
わたしのでんわばんごうは 070-0529-4888 です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa zero nana zero zero go ni kyū yon hachi hachi hachi desu.)
Which means:
“My phone number is 070-0529-4888.”
Let’s go to the next example:
わたしのでんわばんごうは 080-0788-7587 です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa zero hachi zero zero nana hachi hachi nana go hachi nana desu.)
Once more:
わたしのでんわばんごうは 080-0788-7587 です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa zero hachi zero zero nana hachi hachi nana go hachi nana desu.)
Which means:
“My phone number is 080-0788-7587.”
This part, at native speed, might sound something like:
わたしのでんわばんごうは [something, something, something] です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa [something, something, something] desu.)
Okay. So now, let’s look at the basic pattern that you can use to express your own phone number in Japanese.
Okay. Let’s take a look at the basic pattern you can use to express your own phone number in Japanese.
It’s…
わたしのでんわばんごうは [phone number] です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa [phone number] desu.)
わたしのでんわばんごうは [phone number] です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa [phone number] desu.)
Let’s break this down.
わたしの (watashi no) means “my.”
でんわばんごう (denwa bangō) “phone number”
は (wa) which marks our topic .
Then we have [phone number].
And です (desu) at the end, meaning “is.”
So this makes:
“My phone number is [phone number].”
わたしのでんわばんごうは [phone number] です。
(Watashi no denwa bangō wa [phone number] desu.)
Okay. Let’s cover one quick cultural point related to giving your phone number. When you give your phone number or when someone else gives their phone number, you might hear の(no) being used. These dashes in the phone number are sometimes read as の(no). They kind of help the listener understand where the space is between the numbers are. So, if you’ll hear の(no) used, when someone gives you their phone number, that’s what this means.

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