How to Say “What’s your favorite movie?” in Japanese

How do you say “movies” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

What’s your favorite movie?

好きな映画なに?

 sukina eiga* nani

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

好きな映画は何ですか?

 sukina eiga* wa nandesuka

*We do not clearly pronounce the vowels in the middle of a word. We pronounce “eiga” like “ēga”.

Pronunciation

We say “映画 (eiga)” for “movies”.

  • What is … ? = … はなに? wa nani
  • your = あなたの** anatano
  • favorite = 好きな sukina
  • movie = 映画 eiga

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


好きな
favorite

映画
movie

なに
what