The Cashier Sentence in Japan That Japanese People Themselves Say Is Wrong
To say I'll take the one thousand yen in Japanese, say 千円からお預かりします (sen'en kara oazukari shimasu).
Hand over a thousand yen anywhere in Japan and you'll hear a word that makes no grammatical sense.
千円からお預かりします
sen'en kara oazukari shimasu
I'll take the one thousand yen
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- 千円からお預かりします。 sen'en kara oazukari shimasu. I will take the one thousand yen.
- この「から」、ちょっと変ですよね。 kono "kara", chotto hen desu yo ne. That から is a little strange, isn't it.
- 「バイト敬語」と言います。この「から」に意味はありません。ただ、やわらかく聞こえるんです。 "baito keigo" to iimasu. kono "kara" ni imi wa arimasen. tada, yawarakaku kikoeru n desu. It is called バイト敬語, part-timer politeness. That から has no meaning. It just sounds softer, so the manual keeps it.
- 「千円になります」も、同じバイト敬語です。 "sen'en ni narimasu" mo, onaji baito keigo desu. 「千円になります」 is the same kind of バイト敬語.
- 聞き取れれば大丈夫。「はい」と言って、お釣りを待ちましょう。 kikitorereba daijoubu. "hai" to itte, otsuri o machimashou. If you can catch it, you are fine. Say はい and wait for your change.
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