by Tomoyuki Higuchi
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
