How to Say ‘Is your older brother in Japan too?’ in Japanese
お兄さんも日本にいますか。
o nii san mo nihon ni i masu ka
[oh NEE sahn moh nee-HOHN ni i mahs kah]
💬 Usage Tip: も replaces が or は to mean "too" or "also": 私も "me too".
Phrase Breakdown
お兄さんも
o nii san mo
your older brother too
お兄さん ('oniisan') means someone's older brother. も ('mo') means 'also / too'. Hold the long 'ii'.
お兄さんも学生ですか。
Is your older brother a student too?
Words in this phrase
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix
お adds politeness to certain words and expressions.
チケットを二枚お願いします。
Two tickets, please.
兄
nii
[NEE]
older brother
Kanji for older brother; read 'nii' in the polite form.
お兄さんは何歳ですか。
How old is your older brother?
さん
san
[sahn]
(polite suffix in お子さん)
Added to 子 to respectfully refer to someone else's child.
お子さんは元気ですか。
Is your child doing well?
も
mo
[moh]
also; too
A particle meaning also or too.
電話番号もお願いします。
Your phone number too, please.
日本にいますか。
nihon ni i masu ka
is (he) in Japan?
日本 ('nihon') means Japan. に ('ni') marks location. いますか ('imasu ka') asks if a person is there.
ご両親は日本にいますか。
Are your parents in Japan?
Words in this phrase
日本
nihon
[nee-HOHN]
Japan
The name of the country. With の it describes something or someone from Japan.
日本は島の国です。
Japan is an island country.
に
ni
[ni]
in
Indicates the target or location of an action.
日本に行く。
Go to Japan.
い
i
[i]
be; exist
Part of 〜ている, showing an ongoing action or continuing state.
お待ちし てい ます。
I am waiting.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite present/future ending
ます makes a verb polite in present or future statements.
予約します。
I will make a reservation.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
A席はありますか。
Are there A seats available?
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