by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “How do you say “subway” in Japanese?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
How do you say _ in Japanese?
_ って日本語でなんて言うの？
tte nihongode nanteiuno
When you want to say “How do you say _ in Japanese?”, put the the word or sentence you want to know just before “って (tte)”.
For example, if you want to say “How do you say “subway” in Japanese?”, you can say like this :
「subway」って日本語でなんて言うの？
”subway” tte nihongode nanteiuno
We use “「」” as quotation marks. That is called “かぎかっこ (kagikakko)” in Japanese.
「」って
” “
＋
日本語で
in Japanese
＋
なんて言うの
how do you say
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
_ って日本語でなんて言うんですか？
tte nihongode nanteiundesuka
(casual)
「」って日本語でなんて言うの？
(polite)
「」って日本語でなんて言うんですか？
