How to Say ‘Would you like sugar and milk?’ in Japanese
お砂糖とミルクはいりますか。
o satou to miruku wa iri masu ka
[o sah-toh to meer-koo wa ee-ree mahss ka]
Phrase Breakdown
お砂糖
o satou
sugar
Polite form of 'sugar,' often used in customer service.
お砂糖を入れますか。
Would you like sugar?
Words in this phrase
お
o
[o]
honorific prefix
A polite prefix often added to certain words in customer service language.
お砂糖を入れますか。
Would you like sugar added?
砂糖
satou
[sah-toh]
sugar
The Japanese word for sugar, often used politely as お砂糖 in cafes.
お砂糖は一つです。
One sugar, please.
と
to
[to]
and
Connects two nouns, such as sugar and milk.
お砂糖とミルクがあります。
There is sugar and milk.
ミルク
miruku
[meer-koo]
milk
A common cafe word for milk.
ミルクはいりますか。
Do you want milk?
はいりますか
wa iri masu ka
will you add?; do you want it included?
Intended as a question about whether to put in sugar and milk; in standard Japanese this is usually '入りますか' or '入れますか' depending on meaning.
ミルクは入りますか。
Would you like milk?
Words in this phrase
は
wa
[wa]
topic marker
Marks the topic of the sentence; here it highlights milk as the thing being asked about.
ミルクは大丈夫です。
Milk is fine.
いり
iri
[ee-ree]
need; take
Verb stem used here to ask whether the customer wants or needs something.
お砂糖はいりません。
I don't need sugar.
ます
masu
[mahss]
polite verb ending
Adds politeness to the verb, common in shops and cafes.
コーヒーを作ります。
I make coffee.
か
ka
[ka]
question marker
Turns the sentence into a polite question.
こちらで飲みますか。
Will you drink it here?
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