Working in kitchen as a food prep: Clarifying quantities and portions

💬 [ございます] is a very polite version of [ある]/[です] that shows up in set expressions like [おはようございます]. You usually learn it as part of fixed polite phrases, not as a standalone verb to swap in anywhere.

🇯🇵 [おはようございます] is standard workplace Japanese in the morning, including in kitchens, and staff often say it even if the shift starts later in the day. It lands as normal professional courtesy, not overly formal.

💬 [何人] changes meaning with what follows: by itself it means "how many people," but in [何人分] it means "for how many people/servings." You can reuse the pattern with numbers too, like [二十人分] for "20 servings."

💬 [分] after a number or [何人] means "portion" or "serving," as in [一人分] or [五人分]. It's not the same [分] as minutes, so the meaning comes from the food context.

💬 [何人分] literally means "for how many people," and that's the natural way Japanese asks about servings. You can swap in a number the same way: [三人分です] = "It's for three people."

💬 [今日] is usually said (kyoo), with a long final vowel. In phrases like [今日は], the [は] is the topic marker and is said (wa), not (ha).

💬 Put [の] between two nouns and the first one describes the second: [今日の仕込み] = "today's prep." You can reuse it easily with other time words too, like [明日の予定].