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Chapter 3

Excuse Me, …?

Short Dialogues

	FEMININE	MASCULINE
1.	Anō, chotto? Hai.	Anō, chotto? Hai.	Excuse me, sir/ma’am? Yes.
2.	Nē, kore nani? Nandemo nai.	Oi, kore nani? Nandemo nai.	Listen, what’s this? Nothing.
3.	Ara, genki? Ē, genki. Anata wa?	Ǎ, genki? Un, genki. Kimi wa?	Oh! How’re you? I’m all right. And you?
4.	Sā, kaerō! Mō sonna jikan!	Sā, kaerō! Mō sonna jikan!	Okay, let’s go home! Wow! Is that the time already! (Look at the time!)

Shaded items: Check the “Learning from the Dialogues” section in this chapter to learn more about these.

Vocabulary

See the “Learning from the Dialogues” section for more detail about these.

Anō	Excuse me; Say; Well (Int) →
chotto	Say; just a minute; a little
Hai	Yes; all right (Int)
Nē	Say! Listen! Look! (Int)
Oi	Say! Listen! Hey! (Int) Ⓜ
nani	what
nandemo nai	nothing
genki (na)	healthy; fine; well
Ǎ	Ah, Oh (Int)
Ē (= Hai)	Yes; all right; certainly
Un ( Uun)	Yeah; Yes; Uh-huh; okay (Int) ( No; Uh-uh)
anata	you
kimi	you Ⓜ
wa	topic/subject marker (P)
Sā	Come on; Well; There; Now (Int) →
kaerō	let’s go home/return (DF) → kaeru
mō	already; no longer; more; now
sonna	such; like that
jikan	time; hour; period

Learning from the Dialogues

GETTING SOMEONE’S ATTENTION—WITH ANŌ

Anō is used to turn someone’s attention toward the speaker. It is normally used in formal situations and spoken somewhat hesitatingly.

Anō, sumimasen ga, ...	Excuse me, but ...
Anō, Tanaka-san.	Say, Mr. Tanaka.

GETTING SOMEONE’S ATTENTION—WITH NĒ/OI

Nē or Oi is used to get one’s attention but unlike Anō it is used among friends, family members or couples. Nē is used mostly by women and Oi is used only by men because the sound is a little coarse.

Nē, Miyagi-san.	Say, Mrs. Miyagi.
Nē, anata kaerō!	Hey, let’s go home!
Oi, kimi. Ⓜ	Hey you!

HOW TO USE SĀ

Sā is an address word used to urge or encourage someone to do something.

Sā, ikō!	Okay, let’s go!
Sā, ganbatte!	Go for it! You can do it.

It is also used when the speaker cannot respond clearly with confidence to a question or cannot think of anything to do or say immediately. (This interjection can come in handy for beginners!)

Sā, wakaranai ne.	Well, I have no idea.
Sā, dō shiyō?	Now, what shall we do?

Using Hai

The Japanese word Hai has various usages, and so it can come in handy to you in several different ways according to the situation or intonation. Hai is generally used as a positive answer to yes or no questions, like Ē which also means “yes.” Depending on the situations, Hai also can express agreement, in the sense of “okay” or “certainly.”

Further, Hai is used to get someone’s attention. For instance, when your name is called by someone, your answer is Hai, never Ē. Another example: when you visit someone’s house or when you enter a store, suppose you said Gomen kudasai “Hello, anybody here?” to attract someone’s attention when you cannot see anyone. If someone is there, the reply you get will be Hai. Similarly, when someone knocks at the door of a toilet, it is possible to use only Hai to make it clear that it is occupied.

When handing over or serving something to someone, you should say only Hai or Hai, dōzo which means “Here you are” as shown in the example below.

A : May I see it?

B : Hai, dōzo. (Here you are.)

Practice

Now that you know some interjections, why not practice a little?

Choose the proper interjection for each item from the box below, and write it in the parentheses. Answers may be used more than once!

Correct answers are given at the back of the book, so that you can check your work.

Ē	Oi	Mā	Ō	Moshi-moshi	Iie	Ǎ
Are	Ara	Sā	Hai	Nē	Wā	Un
Anō	Ě	Hora	Uun

1. Surprise/Admiration	_________________________________
2. Address	_________________________________
3. Answer	_________________________________
4. Feminine	_________________________________
5.Masculine	_________________________________