Learning conversational Japanese for (Coffee)bar

July 09, 2025 — Seb

Continuing to learn conversational words and phrases for my morning coffee. Here’s today’s video I used.

Key takeaways:

  1. ホットかアイス、どちらになさいますか?
    Would you like it hot or iced?
    〜になさいますか? = respectful way to ask “What will you choose?” / “What will you have?”

  2. お会計、500円で御座います
    That’ll be 500 yen.
    で御座います: be, is

  3. いえ、持ち帰りでお願いします。
    No, I’ll take it to go.
    持ち帰り (もちかえり): takeout (i.e. food), take-out, takeaway, take-away
  4. いらっしゃいませ、店内ご利用ですか?
    Welcome, will you be dining in?
    店内 (てんない): inside of a shop

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