(Above is a salad called kinpira-renkon. Kinpira refers to a finely chopped vegetable, usually burdock and carrot, and renkon is lotus-root. Actually, this is one of my favorite dishes. 上の写真はきんぴらレンコンのサラダです。きんぴらは、細く切った野菜のことで、普通はゴボウとにんじんですが、レンコンはロータス・ルーツです。実は、これが私の大好物の1つです。)
Let's learn some food-related words! 食べ物の単語を覚えましょう!
◆What food(s) do you like?
好きな食べ物は何ですか?
Skina tabemono wa nan deska? *(this should really be "sukina" and "desuka", but the u sound is dropped to almost nothing in spoken Japanese)
◆What do you like for breakfast?
朝食は何が食べたいですか?
Chōshoku wa nani ga tabetai deska?
◆Do you like octopus?
タコが好きですか?
Tako ga ski deska? *, (and yes, "tako" = octopus!)
◆Would you like to try some octopus?
タコをちょっと食べてみませんか?
Tako wo chotto tabete mimasenka?
◆I like pretty much anything!
(私は)ほとんど何でも大丈夫です!
(Watashi wa) hotondo nandemo daijōbu des!
◆I can eat anything!
私は何でも食べられます!
Watashi wa nandemo taberaremas.
◆I'm sorry, but I'm full.
すみませんが、お腹いっぱいです。
Sumimasen ga, onaka ippai des.
Be careful not to say "onaka itai des"! It means "my stomach hurts."
(「おなかいたいです」と言い違えないように気を付けてね!意味は変わりますから。)
Looks so good! Can't wait to try everything.
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