by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “What did you get(buy)?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
What did you get?
何買ったの?
nani kattano
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
何買ったんですか?
nani kattandesuka
Pronunciation
- what = 何 nani
- did you get = あなたは買ったの anatawa kattano
We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” in everday conversation.
何
what
+
(あなたは)買ったの
did (you) get