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To say is English okay? / do you speak English? in Japanese, say 英語、大丈夫ですか？ (eigo, daijōbu desu ka?).
Nervous about not speaking Japanese? Open with this one line.
英語、大丈夫ですか？
eigo, daijōbu desu ka?
is English okay? / do you speak English?
In this video
- 英語、大丈夫ですか？ eigo, daijōbu desu ka? is English okay?
- 英語、大丈夫ですか？ eigo, daijōbu desu ka? is English okay?
Why this phrase
Absolute-beginner survival lesson (mostly English). Teach 英語、大丈夫ですか？ (is English okay?) with English scaffolding; Japanese spoken slowly and repeated.
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