Survival Phrases #3 - Please
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🗓️ 9 November 2014
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| 0:00.0 | Today's phrase will help you take matters into your own hands. |
| 0:07.5 | Today's phrase is, |
| 0:09.4 | as in asking for something or someone to do something for you. |
| 0:16.5 | In Japanese, please is kudasai. |
| 0:23.6 | Kudasa'i. Broken down by syllable, it's |
| 0:26.6 | Kutasa'i. |
| 0:30.6 | Altogether now, kudasai. |
| 0:33.6 | The most rudimentary way of using this phrase |
| 0:36.6 | is pointing at something while saying it. |
| 0:40.1 | But let's try and build this up a bit, shall we? |
| 0:43.0 | Let's start with the expression, this please, which in Japanese is, |
| 0:49.5 | Kōrykuda-sa. |
| 0:51.9 | Now let's take a look at the word order. |
| 0:54.8 | In English, this comes before please. |
| 0:59.5 | In Japanese, it's the same. |
| 1:02.6 | In Japanese, this, |
| 1:05.3 | Corre, proceeds please. |
| 1:08.5 | So together together it's |
| 1:11.6 | korekudasaid |
| 1:13.6 | korekudasai |
| 1:18.6 | looking at this |
| 1:22.6 | warns to look at that |
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