How to Say ‘I'd like to make a reservation for next Saturday’ in Japanese
来週土曜に予約したいのですが
raishuu doyou ni yoyaku shi tai no desu ga
[rye-shoo doh-YOH nee yoh-yah-koo shee tie noh dess gah]
🇯🇵 In Japan: This is the standard way to open a reservation call. Staff will usually ask the time and the number of people next.
Phrase Breakdown
来週土曜に
raishuu doyou ni
for next Saturday
Read 'raishuu doyou ni'. Make both 'uu' and 'ou' long sounds. に marks the day.
来週土曜に会いましょう。
Let's meet next Saturday.
Words in this phrase
来週
raishuu
[rye-shoo]
next week
Refers to the following week.
来週のコンサートを予約します。
I will book next week's concert.
土曜
doyou
[doh-YOH]
Saturday
Short form of 土曜日, the sixth day of the week.
土曜は休みです。
Saturday is my day off.
に
ni
[nee]
in; at; to
Particle indicating location or target state.
手元に置きたいです。
I want to keep it at hand.
予約したい
yoyaku shi tai
want to reserve
Read 'yoyaku shitai'. This is the 'want to do' form of 予約する.
ホテルを予約したい。
I want to book a hotel.
Words in this phrase
予約
yoyaku
[yoh-yah-koo]
reservation; booking
Used when booking or reserving something in advance.
コンサートの予約をしたいです。
I want to make a reservation for the concert.
し
shi
[shee]
do (stem)
Verb stem used as part of the fixed polite request phrase.
注文をお願いし、ます。
I would like to place the order, please.
たい
tai
[tie]
want to (do)
Expresses the speaker’s desire. Can sound strong/clear, good for honest relationship talk.
あなたとこれからも一緒にいたいし、真剣に付き合いたい。
I want to be with you from now on, and I want to date seriously.
のですが
no desu ga
...though (polite softener)
Read 'no desu ga'. It is a polite, open-ended way to make a request.
行きたいのですが。
I'd like to go, but...
Words in this phrase
の
no
[noh]
(explanatory no)
Nominalizer that adds an explaining or softening tone before です.
行きたいのです。
It's that I want to go.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
が
ga
[gah]
(softening ending)
Ending a sentence with ga softens a request politely.
お願いしたいんですが。
I'd like to ask a favor...
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