How to Say “What are you eating?” in Japanese

How do you say “What are you eating?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

What are you eating?

何食べてるの?

 nani tabeteruno

  • what = 何 nani
  • you = あなたは* anatawa
  • are eating = 食べているの** tabeteiruno

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

**”食べているの (tabeteiruno)” becomes “食べてるの (tabeteruno)” in spoken language.



what

食べてるの?
are eating?


If you want to ask politely, you can say :

何食べてるんですか?

 nani tabeterundesuka


(casual)

何食べてるの?

(polite)

何食べてるんですか?


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