ＨＥＬＬＯ！ Ｉ　ＡＭ　ＱＵＩＺＢＯ™！Welcome to Kiki+Koko: Let’s NihonGO!! Online’s special corner: January Japanese Word of the Weekday! Every weekday for an entire month, you will be presented with a Japanese vocabulary word or phrase. It does not matter the month nor the day; if you are interested in learning the Japanese language or continuing your Japanese language learning journey, then today is the perfect day to begin! This special corner is meant to help you get into the habit of learning or revising/studying at least every weekday.

It is natural to attempt to delay seemingly difficult goals, but learning just one thing today is one more thing than you knew yesterday. And, the more you learn, the more you can learn. And, in time, you will reach your goals. Just be sure to enjoy the steps along the way.

Also, be sure to note the codecs that make processing these concepts clearer for you. Take time to think about the methods which you are using to learn and the ways that you think about the concepts as well as what is difficult. It is important to focus on what is difficult, because it can be easy to gravitate to what one finds easy. Just be patient with yourself, and you will eventually achieve your goals.

In order to reach your goals, we are sure you will have many questions, and asking questions is the best way to get answers. So, let us learn at least one way to ask an always pertinent question whilst learning Japanese language. However, you can also use this to ask a Japanese speaker about another language or to translate.

Word(s) of the Weekday:

○○は　○○で　何と　言いますか？
○○は　○○で　なんと　いいますか？
○○wa　○○de　nanto　iimasuka?
How do you say ○○ in ○○?

Firstly, before we begin analysing this sentence, it is important to note that this is worded with a moderate amount of politeness, so it should be useable with almost anyone with whom you will communicate. Another still polite but even more conversational would be to say:

○○は○○でなんと言うのですか？
○○は○○でなんというのですか？
○○wa ○○de nanto iu no desuka?

How do you say ○○ in ○○?

For example, you could say:

感覚のあるは英語でなんと言うのですか？
かんかくのあるはえいごでなんというのですか？
kankaku wa eigo de nanto iu no desuka?

How do you say 感覚のある in English?

感覚のあるは英語でいうとは「sentience」です。
かんかくのあるはえいごでいうとは「sentience」です。
kankaku no aru wa eigo de iu to wa 「sentience」desu.

Saying 感覚のある in English is 「sentience」.

There are many other ways to express this concept. Another way to express this would be by saying:

○○ということを○○でどう言いますか？
○○ということを○○でどういいますか？

○○to iu koto wo○○de dou iimasuka？

how do you say ○○ in ○○？

So, for example, you could say:

「Adrift」ということを日本語でどう言いますか？
「Adrift」ということをにほんごでどういいますか？

「Adrift」to iu koto wo○○de dou iimasuka？

how do you say “adrift” in Japanese？

「Adrift」を日本語でいうとは「漂流」と言います。

「Adrift」を　にほんごで　いうとは「ひょうりゅう」といいます。

「Adrift」wo nihongo de iu to wa hyouryuu to iimasu。
Saying “adrift” in Japanese is hyouryuu.

Here is one more way to ask for a translation of a word from one to another:

○○に対する○○は何ですか？
○○にたいする○○はなんですか？
○○ni tai suru○○wa nan desu ka?
what is ○○ for ○○?

For this, you could say something such as:

電波に対する英語は何ですか？
でんぱにたいするえいごはなんですか？
denpani tai suru eigo wa nan desu ka?
what is English for 電波?

「Radio wave」です。
「Radio wave」desu。
It’s 「Radio wave」.

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These are all useful ways to ask for translations, but it is also important to understand the structure of the sentence that was presented ahead of these supplementary phrases.

○○は　○○で　何と　言いますか？
○○は　○○で　なんと　いいますか？
○○wa　○○de　nanto　iimasuka?
How do you say ○○ in ○○?

○○は

(○○wa)

Subject + Particle 「は」
(主語＋助詞「は」)

As we talked about in the first instalment of Word of the Weekday as well as in a few others, this is a topic marker, the particle 「は」. In the blank space, you place the word for which you desire a translation.

それが
sore ga
demostrative pronoun + particle 「が」

指示代名詞+助詞「が」
“that”

Here, There, and Everywhere| Basics of Japanese Demonstratives (kosoado)| 指示語の基本（こそあど言葉）| PART 1 gives you the essentials on the nature of Japanese demonstratives. They are actually different to English demonstratives, but are quite organised as you will begin to see in Part 2, Pronouns| 基本的な指示語| 代名詞 and Part 3, Adverbs |基本的な指示語| 副詞. And, you can even practise these concepts with Here, There, and Everywhere| Basic Japanese Demonstratives | Practising (1-3) Pronouns and Adverbs |基本的な指示語| 代名詞と副詞の練習 and join me for a quiz with [QUIZ]📖 Practise: Demonstratives 🌌IN SPACE🌌 | (1-3) Pronouns and Adverbs|Here, There, and Everywhere.

That being said, それ in this case means, that, but there is more context, and more than one way to say, that, using Japanese language. So, please read and practise with us if you would like to know more.

This is coupled with the particle が because わかる is an intransitive verb. You can learn more about this using our essentials lesson 動詞の基本| Basics of Japanese Verbs| |（ｉｎｔｒｏ＿ｐｔ１）.

何と

Question Word + Quoting Particle 「と」
(疑問詞+引用するに助詞「と」)

「何」is a question word with a few pronunciations, but here, it is pronounced (なん・nan). We have a thorough explanation of Japanese question words that is part of the Kiki+Koko: Let’s NihonGO!! Japanese Language Learning Essentials’ 「Ask me Why」series found on our website called Basic Japanese Question Words | 基本的な疑問詞 | PART 1 , PART 2, PART 3 and more!

The particle 「と」 Is often used to connect nouns, as explained in the「Come Together 」 series of Kiki+Koko: Let’s NihonGO!! Japanese Language Learning Essentials. This is specifically in 名詞の基本| Basics of Japanese Nouns| | Listing Nouns |Particles も + と, however in this case, this particle is being used for something different.

You will often see 「と」as one of a few ways to quote a word or a thought.

言いますか？

言う (いう・iu)
Verb (masu form)+particle「か」
動詞(マス形)+助詞「か」

As it has been mentioned before, usually verbs go at the end of the sentence. Suffixed to the verb is the particle か which indicates the sentence as a question. This requires more explanation, but Word of the Weekday is not meant for such deep explanation. So, if you want to know how to really make questions in Japanese as well as get an understanding of these particles, please read: How to [really]: Make Basic Japanese Questions | Particles か+の. You will acquire much useful knowledge about the subject.

Now that the parts of this sentence have been explained, I will give you an example sentence to assist you with your future use of this pattern.

「我々と勉強しましてありがとうございます。」は　英語で　何と　言いますか？
「われわれと　べんきょう　しましてありがとうございます。」は　○○で　なんと　いいますか？
「ware ware to benkyou shimashite arigatou gozaimasu.」wa　○○de　nanto　iimasuka?
How do you say 「我々と勉強しましてありがとうございます。」 in English?

「Thank you for studying with us」!

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