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 © 2007 SurvivalPhrases.com - Japanese. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 3: This Please これ下さい LESSON NOTES In Japanese, “Please” is “Kudasai.” The most rudimentary way of using “Kudasai” is pointing at something while saying it. But let's try and build this up a bit, shall we? Let's start with the expression, "This please" which in Japanese is “Kore kudasai.” In English, “this” comes before "please." In Japanese, the word order is the same. In Japanese, the word for “this”, “kore,” precedes “kudasai.” Looking at the word for “this”, warrants a look at the word for “that” which is “sore.” The phrase “That please.” would be “Sore kudasai.” So if you're at a store, you can simply point to the items you want to buy and say, "Kore kudasai." If you point to something but they get the wrong product, you can say, "Chigaimasu" which means, "You're wrong," or in this context, "You got the wrong one." And proceed to point to the one you need. PHRASES Kanji Kana Romaji English これ下さい。 これ ください。 Kore kudasai. Please give me this. それ下さい。 それ ください。 Sore kudasai. Please give me that. いします。 おねがいします。 Onegai shimasu. Please take care of  this. Please take this on. (polite form) い。 おねがい。 Onegai. Please! (casual form) 違います。 ちがいます。 Chigaimasu. It's wrong. VOCABULARY Kanji Kana Romaji English 下さい ください kudasai please, please give me これ これ kore this それ それ sore that 切符 きっぷ kippu ticket 地図 chizu map

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Lesson 3: This Pleaseこれ下さい

LESSON NOTES

In Japanese, “Please” is “Kudasai.” The most rudimentary way of using “Kudasai” is pointingat something while saying it. But let's try and build this up a bit, shall we? Let's start with the

expression, "This please" which in Japanese is “Kore kudasai.” In English, “this” comes before"please." In Japanese, the word order is the same. In Japanese, the word for “this”, “kore,”precedes “kudasai.”

Looking at the word for “this”, warrants a look at the word for “that” which is “sore.” The phrase“That please.” would be “Sore kudasai.” So if you're at a store, you can simply point to theitems you want to buy and say, "Kore kudasai." If you point to something but they get the wrongproduct, you can say, "Chigaimasu" which means, "You're wrong," or in this context, "You got thewrong one." And proceed to point to the one you need.

PHRASES

Kanji Kana Romaji English

こ れ 下 さ い 。 こ れ く だ さ い 。 Kore kudasai. Please give me this.そ れ 下 さ い 。 そ れ く だ さ い 。 Sore kudasai. Please give me that.お 願 い し ま す 。 お ね が い し ま す 。 Onegai shimasu. Please take care of  

this. Please take thison. (polite form)

お 願 い 。 お ね が い 。 Onegai. Please! (casual form)

違 い ま す 。 ち が い ま す 。 Chigaimasu. It's wrong.

VOCABULARY

Kanji Kana Romaji English

下 さ い く だ さ い kudasai please, please giveme

こ れ こ れ kore thisそ れ そ れ sore that切 符 き っ ぷ kippu ticket

地 図 ち ず chizu map

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QUICK TIP

Tokyo has a great variety of restaurants to choose from, so I highly recommend eating out! Butwhat do you if you can't order your food eloquently in Japanese? Don't worry! Most restaurants inJapan offer menus with pictures, so you can simply point at the pictures of foods and beveragesyou want to order. Or you can point at the numbers on the menu. I actually do that myself! Itavoids confusion when there are dishes that look or sound similar. And the pictures are sodelicious-looking, I just can’t help myself!

QUICK TIP 2

Another word used to describe the feeling for "Please" is "Onegai" (casual form) or "Onegaishimasu" (polite form). Children often use the word "Onegai!!" when begging their parents to buythem something or let them do something. Adults use this word as well but only amongst close

friends. It's very casual. The phrase "Onegai shimasu" is also often used in business settings tomean, "Please take this on," or "Please take care of it."

Let's also go over some key vocabulary you will be using during your trip to Japan. Publictransportation is very convenient and essential to getting around metropolitan Japan, so you'llprobably need to get tickets, which in Japanese is "kippu." Maps will come in handy too, soremember the word "chizu." To ask for these objects, simply replace the word "kore" and "sore"with the item you need. Let's practice, shall we? "Please give me a ticket" would be "Kippuo kudasai." "Please give me a map" would be "Chizu o kudasai." The "o" in the middle is anobject-marking particle. (There should be an "o" in "kore kudasai," but it's often ignored in spoken

Japanese.) And regardless of how many tickets or maps you want, the noun does not changebetween single and plural form. It's always "chizu" and "kippu."

We'll go over how to buy bus tickets and train tickets in upcoming lessons, so be sure to tune in!