by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “Do you know this song?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
Do you know _ ?
_ 知ってる？
_ shitteru
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
_ 知ってますか？
_ shittemasuka
When you want to say “Do you know _ ?” in Japanese, put the name of the thing, place, or person just before “知ってる” or “知ってますか”.
For example, if you want to say “Do you know this song?”, you can say like this :
- this ＝ この kono
- song ＝ 曲 kyoku
この曲知ってる？
konokyoku shitteru
Or politely :
この曲知ってますか？
konokyoku shittemasuka
- you ＝ あなたは anatawa
- know … ＝ … 知ってる shitteru
We do not usually say “あなたは” in everyday conversation.
この曲
this song
＋
あなたは 知ってる？Do you know ?
