Hot Tea or Cold Tea?

Vocabulary

Key Examples

Japanese

EX1: お茶のお代わりをいただけますか?

EX2: 温かいコーヒーを下さい

EX3: 冷たいお茶でお願いします

Romaji

ocha no okawari o itadakemasu ka?

atatakai ko-hi- o kudasai

tsumetai ocha de onegai shimasu

English

Can I get a refill of tea?

Please give me a hot coffee

I’ll have a cold tea please

Recordings (Japanese)

EX1

EX2

EX3

EX1

Japanese

お茶のお代わりをいただけますか?

Romaji

ocha no okawari o itadakemasu ka?

English

Can I get a refill of tea?

EX2

Japanese

温かいコーヒーを下さい

Romaji

atatakai ko-hi- o kudasai

English

Please give me a hot coffee

EX3

Japanese

冷たいお茶でお願いします

Romaji

tsumetai ocha de onegai shimasu

English

I’ll have a cold tea please

Conversation Practice

A: お茶のお代わりをいただけますか?

(ocha no okawari o itadakemasu ka?)

[Can I get a refill of tea]

B: 百円になりますがよろしいですか? 

(hyakuen ni narimasu ga yoroshii desu ka?)

[It will be 100 yen. Is that okay?]

A2: お茶を下さい 

(ocha o kudsai)

[Please give me tea]

B2: 温かいのと冷たいのとどちらにしますか? 

(atatakai no to tsumetai no to dochira ni shimasu ka?)

[Would you like a cold or hot tea?]

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