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Speaking Japanese?[edit]

How Would I Say in Japanese: "I've got a reservation"? Doumo. 132.66.169.201 (talk) 12:30, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would say ~~"yoyaku ga arimasu"~~ "yoyaku ga aru" (literally "there is a reservation") but be warned that Google Translate happens not to agree with me. (I wouldn't worry too much about that though) Basemetal 12:51, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

PS: That's the polite or so called distal form: if you want to be more colloquial or if you want to embed that clause in a larger sentence, such as forming a relative clause, such as say "the guest who's got a reservation" = "yoyaku ga aru okyakusama", you say "yoyaku ga aru", arimasu being the polite or distal form of aru, there is, (it) exists, etc. but it can only be used in direct quotes or as the main verb in the sentence. Basemetal 12:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I struck through most of my previous answer not because it was incorrect but because it will only confuse you. I used a word that you're not supposed to apply to yourself that only employees, at a hotel, etc., would use, and so on and so forth. It's always the same story with Japanese when you try to answer a question fully. Just say "yoyaku ga aru" and you'll be ok. That's your answer. Basemetal 14:11, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]