by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “Do you have a charger?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
Do you have _ ?
_ 持ってる？
_ motteru
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
_ 持ってますか？
_ mottemasuka
When you want to say “Do you have _ ?” in Japanese, put a noun just before “持ってる？” or “持ってますか？”.
For example, if you want to say “Do you have a charger?”, you can say like this :
- charger ＝ 充電器 juudenki*
*We pronounce like “jūdenki”.
充電器持ってる？
juudenki motteru
Or politely :
充電器持ってますか？
juudenki mottemasuka
Pronunciation
- Do you have …? ＝ あなたは … 持ってる？ anatawa … motteru
We do not usually say “あなたは (= you)” in everyday conversation.
充電器
a charger
＋
あなたは 持ってる？Do you have?
