How to Say ‘Yes, this is Tanaka Elementary School.’ in Japanese
はい、田中小学校です。
hai tanaka shou gakkou desu
[high tah-nah-kah shoh gah-koh dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Natural phone reply: [はい] + identification. The comma pause makes it sound smooth.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Many places answer with the organization name only; some add department like [教務室] depending on the school.
Phrase Breakdown
はい
hai
[high]
yes; okay
Used at the start to acknowledge the caller before identifying the organization.
はい、田中小学校です。
Yes, this is Tanaka Elementary School.
田中小学校
tanaka shou gakkou
Tanaka Elementary School
A proper noun (school name). In replies, Japanese often omits the subject, so just saying the name + 「です」 is natural.
田中小学校に電話しました。
I called Tanaka Elementary School.
Words in this phrase
田中
tanaka
[tah-nah-kah]
Tanaka (name)
Part of the school name being stated clearly on the phone.
田中小学校です。
This is Tanaka Elementary School.
小
shou
[shoh]
small; (elementary)
Used within 小学校 to indicate “elementary.”
小学校です。
It’s an elementary school.
学校
gakkou
[gah-koh]
school
Completes the institution name; often said slowly/clearly in phone responses.
学校です。
It’s the school.
です。
desu
(it) is / (I) am (polite)
Polite ending that states/identifies something. Used in formal situations like schools and workplaces.
山田です。
I’m Yamada.
Words in this phrase
です
desu
[dess]
is; am; are (polite)
Ends the identification statement politely.
田中小学校です。
This is Tanaka Elementary School.
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