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How to Say ‘Your talk’ in Japanese

お話

o hanashi

[oh ha-na-shee]

💬 Usage Tip: Adding お to 話 (hanashi) makes it polite and points it at the other person's words, so it means "your talk" without needing "your". The same trick appears in お名前 "your name".

Phrase Breakdown

お

o

[oh]

honorific prefix

お adds politeness to certain words and expressions.

Example

チケットを二枚お願いします。

Two tickets, please.

話

hanashi

[ha-na-shee]

talk; story

話 means talk, speech, or story depending on context.

Example

先生の話をよく聞いて。

Listen carefully to the teacher's talk.

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