How to Say ‘Has your weight changed recently?’ in Japanese
最近、体重は変わりましたか。
saikin taijuu wa kawari mashi ta ka
[sigh-keen tie-JOO wa kah-WAH-ree mah-shee tah ka]
Phrase Breakdown
最近、
saikin
recently
Pronounced 'saikin'. Pause slightly at the comma.
最近、忙しいです。
I've been busy recently.
Words in this phrase
最近
saikin
[sigh-keen]
recently / lately
Used when talking about something happening in the near past or these days.
最近は忙しいです。
I have been busy lately.
体重は
taijuu wa
body weight (as for)
体重 (taijuu) means body weight, with a long 'uu' sound. は is read 'wa'.
体重は60キロです。
My weight is 60 kilograms.
Words in this phrase
体重
taijuu
[tie-JOO]
body weight
Noun for how much a person weighs.
体重が増えました。
My weight went up.
は
wa
[wa]
topic marker
Used to denote the topic of a sentence.
それは面白いですね。
That is interesting, isn't it?
変わりましたか。
kawari mashi ta ka
has it changed?
Pronounced 'kawarimashita ka'. This is a polite past-tense question form of 変わる (to change).
電話番号は変わりましたか。
Has your phone number changed?
Words in this phrase
変わり
kawari
[kah-WAH-ree]
change (to)
Stem of 変わる, 'to change' (intransitive); something changes by itself.
予定が変わりました。
The schedule changed.
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past stem
Part of the polite past ending in a verb phrase.
昨日は多くのことを学びました。
I learned many things yesterday.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense ending
This ending completes the polite past tense form.
空席がございまし た。
There were vacant seats.
か
ka
[ka]
question particle
A particle used at the end of a sentence to form a question.
それは大丈夫ですか？
Is that okay?
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