Would You Like a Drink?

Vocabulary

Key Examples

Japanese

EX1: 飲み物はいかがですか?

EX2: 水を二つ下さい

EX3: 何かお飲みになりますか?

Romaji

nomimono wa ikaga desu ka?

mizu o futatsu kudasai

nanika onomi ni narimasu ka?

English

Would you like a drink?

Two glasses of water please

Would you like something to drink?

Recordings (Japanese)

EX1

EX2

EX3

EX1

Japanese

飲み物はいかがですか?

Romaji

nomimono wa ikaga desu ka?

English

Would you like a drink?

EX2

Japanese

水を二つ下さい

Romaji

mizu o futatsu kudasai

English

Two glasses of water please

EX3

Japanese

EX3: 何かお飲みになりますか?

Romaji

nanika onomi ni narimasu ka?

English

Would you like something to drink?

Conversation Practice

A: 飲み物はいかがですか?

(nomimono wa ikaga desu ka?)

[Would you like a drink?]

B: はい、ミルクを下さい 

(hai, miruku o kudasai)

[Yes, please give me milk]

A2: 何かお飲みになりますか? 

(nanika onomi ni narimasu ka?)

[Would you like something to drink?]

B2: ビールとお冷を下さい 

(bi-ru to ohiya o kudasai)

[I’ll take a beer and water]

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Yorishiro (依り代)

Objects that attract or summon spirits while simultaneously providing them with a temporary residing place according to the Shinto belief system. 

Japanese people have believed that spirits reside in the evergreen tress and bamboo for thousands of years.

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Learning Objectives

State your name, age and nationality

Ask for and understand simple directions

State things that like doing (i.e running, reading, studying, etc.)

Ask Japanese people about their English language ability, and communicate your Japanese ability