A Hand Reaches for Your Plate in Japan. You Are Not Finished.
To say I'm still eating. in Japanese, say まだ食べています (mada tabete imasu).
A hand reaches for your plate. You are not finished. And the only Japanese you can find is a panicked no.
In this video
- まだ食べています。 mada tabete imasu. You: I'm still eating.
- お下げしてもよろしいですか。 osage shite mo yoroshii desu ka. Staff: May I clear this for you?
- あ、すみません。まだ食べています。 a, sumimasen. mada tabete imasu. You: Oh, sorry. I'm still eating.
- まだ食べています。それだけで大丈夫です。 mada tabete imasu. sore dake de daijoubu desu. "I'm still eating." That one line is all you need.
Kanji in this phrase
- 食べています
- たべています
- お下げして
- おさげして
Why this phrase
Japanese restaurants clear plates fast, and staff will ask お下げしてもよろしいですか before they do it. If you miss the question, food you are still eating walks away. 「まだ食べています」 is four short words that keep it on the table, and it teaches まだ plus the ています form in a situation you will actually be in.
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