How to Say ‘Excuse me, two highballs, please.’ in Japanese
すみません、ハイボールを二つください。
sumi mase n hai booru o futa tsu kudasai
[soo-mee mah-seh n HAI boh-roo oh futa tsoo kudasai]
💬 Usage Tip: In Japanese, the amount comes after the item: ハイボールを二つ "highball, two". Also ビールを三つください "three beers, please".
🇯🇵 In Japan: すみません is how you get staff's attention at a bar or restaurant. Calling it out across the room is completely normal.
Phrase Breakdown
すみません、
sumi mase n
Excuse me,
Used to call staff or get someone's attention. Say it su-mi-ma-sen.
すみません、注文お願いします。
Excuse me, I'd like to order.
Words in this phrase
すみ
sumi
[soo-mee]
excuse me
First part of すみません, used to get someone's attention politely.
すみません、それすてきですね。
Excuse me, that's lovely.
ませ
mase
[mah-seh]
polite negative (part of ません)
「ませ」 is part of 「ません」, the polite negative form.
はいていません。
I haven’t vomited.
ん
n
[n]
negative ending
The final sound completing the negative polite form.
一人は魚が食べられません。
One person cannot eat fish.
ハイボールを
hai booru o
highball (object)
ハイボール is a whisky and soda, and を marks what you're ordering. Stretch the 'bō'.
ハイボールを飲みます。
I'll drink a highball.
Words in this phrase
ハイ
hai
[HAI]
high (part of highball)
Loanword from English 'high'; combined with ボール it means a highball drink.
ハイボールを飲みます。
I drink a highball.
ボール
booru
[boh-roo]
ball
The golf ball. This katakana word is used in sports and everyday Japanese.
ボールは右に曲がります。
The ball curves to the right.
を
o
[oh]
object marker
The particle を marks the direct object of a verb.
チケットを二枚ください。
Two tickets, please.
二つください。
futa tsu kudasai
two, please
二つ means 'two things', and ください is 'please'. Say it fu-ta-tsu ku-da-sa-i.
ビールを二つください。
Two beers, please.
Words in this phrase
二
futa
[futa]
two
The number two in the counter phrase 二つ.
ハンバーグ二つです。
It’s two hamburg steaks.
つ
tsu
[tsoo]
counter for things
A general counter for one item or thing.
これを二つください。
Two of these, please.
ください
kudasai
[kudasai]
please
A polite request word used after the て-form of a verb.
チケットを見せてください。
Please show me the ticket.
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