by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “We’re almost there.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
We’re almost there.
もうすぐ着くよ。
mousugu* tsukuyo
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
もうすぐ着きます。
mousugu* tsukimasu
*We pronounce “mousugu” like “mōsugu”.
- we are ＝ わたしたちはいるよ watashitachiwa iruyo
- almost ＝ ほとんど hotondo
- there ＝ そこに sokoni
The literal translation of “We’re almost there.” is “わたしたちはほとんどそこにいるよ (watashitachiwa hotondo sokoni iruyo)”, but that sounds unnatural. We say “もうすぐ着くよ” in this case.
“もうすぐ mousugu” means “soon” and “着くよ tsukuyo” means “arrive”. So “もうすぐ着くよ” literally means “We will arrive soon.”.