How to Say ‘No, it was the goal post.’ in Japanese
いいえ、ゴールポストでした。
iie gooru posuto deshi ta
[iie GOH-roo POH-stoh DEH-shee tah]
Phrase Breakdown
いいえ、
iie
No,
A polite 'no'. Pronounce it as three beats, i-i-e, with a long 'ii'.
いいえ、違います。
No, that's wrong.
Words in this phrase
いいえ
iie
[iie]
no
A negation or disagreement word.
いいえ、大丈夫です。
No, it's okay.
ゴールポストでした。
gooru posuto deshi ta
it was the goalpost.
ゴールポスト means goalpost, and でした is the polite past 'was'. Stretch the 'ō' in 'gō'.
ボールはゴールポストでした。
The ball hit the goalpost.
Words in this phrase
ゴール
gooru
[GOH-roo]
goal
Loanword from 'goal'; part of 'goalpost' here.
ゴールの前に立つ。
Stand in front of the goal.
ポスト
posuto
[POH-stoh]
post
Loanword from 'post', the upright bar of a goal.
右のポストに当たりました。
It hit the right post.
でし
deshi
[DEH-shee]
was (polite copula stem)
Stem of the polite copula です in its past form, combined with た to make でした.
昨日は雨でした。
It was rainy yesterday.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense marker
Indicates past tense.
彼は来た。
He came.
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