How to Say “Did you have breakfast / lunch / dinner?” in Japanese

How do you say “Did you have breakfast?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrases are :

Did you have breakfast?

朝ごはん食べた? (casual)

 asagohan tabeta

朝ごはん食べました? (polite)

 asagohan tabemashita

Did you have lunch?

昼ごはん食べた? (casual)

 hirugohan tabeta

昼ごはん食べました? (polite)

 hirugohan tabemashita

Did you have dinner?

夜ごはん食べた? (casual)

 yorugohan tabeta

夜ごはん食べました? (polite)

 yorugohan tabemashita

  • Did you have …? = あなたは … 食べた? anatawa … tabeta
  • breakfast = 朝ごはん asagohan
  • lunch = 昼ごはん hirugohan
  • dinner = 夜ごはん yorugohan

We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” in everyday conversation.


朝ごはん
breakfast

昼ごはん
lunch

夜ごはん
dinner

(あなたは)食べた?
(did you) have?