Checking a food order | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: At a food pickup counter, two adults check that the drinks and food match the receipt before carrying them..

EN → JA / Level: A1

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Dialogue

A

注文を確認しましょう。

choh-MOHN oh kah-koo-NEEN shee-mah-SHOH Let's check the order.
B

飲み物はここにあります。

noh-mee-MOH-noh wah koh-KOH nee ah-REE-mahs The drinks are here.
A

食べ物もありますか。

tah-beh-MOH-noh moh ah-REE-mahs kah Do we have the food too?
B

この袋に入っています。

koh-NOH foo-koo-ROH nee HAH-ee-teh-ee-MAHS It's in this bag.
A

全部合っていますか。

ZEN-boo ah-TEH-ee-MAHS kah Is everything correct?
B

レシートと合っています。

reh-SHEE-toh toh ah-TEH-ee-MAHS It matches the receipt.
A

飲み物は私が持ちます。

noh-mee-MOH-noh wah wah-TAH-shee gah moh-CHEE-mahs I can take the drinks.
B

食べ物の袋は私が運びます。

tah-beh-MOH-noh noh foo-koo-ROH wah wah-TAH-shee gah hah-koh-bee-MAHS I'll carry the food bag.

Word by Word

注文 In this dialogue, 注文 means the food order being checked. It is the thing placed before を in 注文を確認しましょう, and the same noun can be used when talking about checking or changing an order.
を を marks 注文 as the thing being checked in 注文を確認しましょう. A reusable pattern is to put the object before を and then add an action verb.
確認しましょう 確認しましょう means “let’s check” and invites the other person to check the order together. Its citation form is 確認する; the form here is a polite suggestion. It is useful when starting a shared checking task, as in 注文を確認しましょう.
飲み物 飲み物 refers to the drinks in the order. Japanese does not need a separate plural ending here, so 飲み物 can refer to the drink items as a group. It can be used as the topic in 飲み物はここにあります and 飲み物は私が持ちます.
は は marks 飲み物 as the topic in 飲み物はここにあります and 飲み物は私が持ちます. A reusable pattern is to place the item being discussed before は and then state its location or what someone will do with it.
ここ ここ means “here,” referring to the pickup counter location in ここにあります. It commonly combines with に when saying that an item exists or is located here.
に に marks the location where something is in ここにあります and この袋に入っています. A reusable pattern is a place followed by に and then an existence or location expression.
あります あります says that an inanimate item exists or is present, as in 飲み物はここにあります and 食べ物もありますか. Its citation form is ある, and this polite form is useful for stating or asking whether an item is available at a place.
食べ物 食べ物 means the food in the order. In 食べ物もありますか it refers to the food items, and in 食べ物の袋 it identifies what the bag contains. It can be followed by も to add it to another item already being checked.
も も means “also” or “too” in 食べ物もありますか, adding the food to the drinks being checked. A reusable pattern is an item followed by も when asking or saying that it is included as well.
か か marks ありますか as a question asking whether the food is present. It is commonly placed at the end of a polite Japanese question.
この この means “this” and identifies the nearby bag in この袋に入っています. It is placed directly before a noun, as in この袋.
袋 袋 means “bag,” specifically the bag containing the food in この袋に入っています and 食べ物の袋. It can be used with に to describe what is inside it or with の to connect it to its contents.
入っています 入っています means that something is inside or contained in the bag in この袋に入っています. Its citation form is 入る; this polite form describes the item’s current state of being inside. A reusable pattern is a container followed by に and then 入っています.
全部 全部 means “everything” or “all” in 全部合っていますか, referring to all the order items together. It is useful when checking whether an entire set, rather than only one item, is correct.
合っています 合っています means “matches” or “is correct” in 全部合っていますか and レシートと合っています. Its citation form is 合う; this polite form describes the order as matching the receipt. A reusable pattern is one item or set followed by と合っています when comparing it with a reference.
レシート レシート means “receipt,” the reference used to check the order. In レシートと合っています, it is the document the order matches. It is useful when confirming purchased items at a pickup or checkout point.
と と links the order with the receipt it matches in レシートと合っています. A reusable comparison pattern is a reference item followed by と before 合っています.
私 私 means “I” or “me” in 私が持ちます and 私が運びます. Here the speaker uses it to identify themself as the person who will handle the drinks or food bag. It can be followed by が when naming who will perform the action.
が が marks 私 as the person who performs the carrying actions in 私が持ちます and 私が運びます. A reusable pattern is a person followed by が and then the action they will perform.
持ちます 持ちます means “will carry” or “will take” the drinks in 飲み物は私が持ちます. Its citation form is 持つ; this polite form is used when the speaker offers or undertakes to carry something. It is useful for saying who will take responsibility for carrying an item.
の の connects 食べ物 with 袋 in 食べ物の袋, meaning the bag for or containing the food. A reusable pattern is noun Aのnoun B when noun A identifies the type or connection of noun B.
運びます 運びます means “will carry” or “will transport” the food bag in 食べ物の袋は私が運びます. Its citation form is 運ぶ; this polite form is used for the speaker’s undertaking to move the bag. It is useful when deciding who will take an item from one place to another.

Grammar Points

〜ています

この袋に飲み物が入っています。

koh-NOH foo-koo-ROH nee noh-mee-MOH-noh gah HAH-ee-teh-ee-MAHS

The drink is in this bag.

〜ています can describe a continuing state or something that is currently contained in a place.

〜ましょう

注文を確認しましょう。

choh-MOHN oh kah-koo-NEEN shee-mah-SHOH

Let's check the order.

〜ましょう is used to suggest doing something together, meaning “let's …”.

Japanese Vocabulary

ここ adv
koh-KOH here

飲み物はここにあります。

この det
koh-NOH this

この袋に入っています。

レシート noun
reh-SHEE-toh receipt

レシートと合っています。

飲み物 noun
noh-mee-MOH-noh drink; drinks

飲み物はここにあります。

確認しましょう verb
kah-koo-NEEN shee-mah-SHOH let's check

注文を確認しましょう。

合っています verb
ah-TEH-ee-MAHS is correct; matches

全部合っていますか。

私 pron
wah-TAH-shee I; me

飲み物は私が持ちます。

食べ物 noun
tah-beh-MOH-noh food

食べ物もありますか。

全部 noun
ZEN-boo everything; all

全部合っていますか。

袋 noun
foo-koo-ROH bag

この袋に入っています。

注文 noun
choh-MOHN order

注文を確認しましょう。

入っています verb
HAH-ee-teh-ee-MAHS is in; is contained in

この袋に入っています。

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

is in; is contained in

Show Answer入っています

let's check

Show Answer確認しましょう

is correct; matches

Show Answer合っています

receipt

Show Answerレシート