Lesson 31 · about 3 minutes
Watch the game, cheer, and talk scores
shiai o mimasu · doko no fan desu ka? · ganbare! · nan tai nan desu ka? · kachimashita / makemashita
しあい を みます・どこ の ふぁん ですか・がんばれ・なんたい なん ですか・かちました / まけました
You'll learn five lines to watch a game with friends, say which team you support, cheer, and ask the score.
The words
| Romaji | Japanese | Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shiai o mimasu | しあい を みます | しあい を みます | I watch the game | |
| doko no fan desu ka? | どこ の ファン ですか? | どこ の ふぁん ですか | which team are you a fan of? | |
| ganbare! | がんばれ! | がんばれ | go! come on! (cheer for a team) | |
| nan tai nan desu ka? | なんたい なん ですか? | なんたい なん ですか | what's the score? | |
| kachimashita / makemashita | かちました / まけました | かちました / まけました | (we) won / (we) lost |
Say it out loud
しあい を みます。どこ の ファン ですか?がんばれ!
How they differ
The pattern in plain English: name the thing, add a polite verb. Shiai o mimasu is "I watch the game." Swap the object and keep the verb: sakkaa o mimasu, yakyuu o mimasu. You already know o (を) and mimasu (みます), so the only new word is shiai (しあい), the game or match.
To ask which team someone supports, say doko no fan desu ka? Doko (どこ) here means "which place," because teams are named after cities. Answer with the team plus fan desu: Hanshin no fan desu.
Ganbare (がんばれ) is the one non-polite word in this lesson, and that is fine. It is a cheer, shouted at players, not said to a person in front of you. Everyone in the stadium yells it.
For the score, the stadium word is tai (たい), "versus." Ni tai ichi is 2 to 1. Ask nan tai nan desu ka? and point at the screen. Then the result: kachimashita (かちました) won, makemashita (まけました) lost.
Memory trick: "tie" sounds like tai, the word that sits between two scores. Gan-BAR-e: you're at the bar, cheering.
Say it out loud with a friend in a sports bar, then try this: tell someone your team and ask theirs. You'll see this next: bar ordering, so you can get a beer during the game.
See it in a sentence
konban, shiai o mimasu.
こんばん、しあい を みます。
Tonight I'm watching the game.
doko no fan desu ka?
どこ の ファン ですか?
Which team are you a fan of?
ganbare, jaiantsu!
がんばれ、ジャイアンツ!
Come on, Giants!
ima, ni tai ichi desu.
いま、に たい いち です。
It's 2 to 1 right now.
yatta! kachimashita!
やった!かちました!
Yes! We won!
Watch out
ganbare (がんばれ) is a cheer for players; to a friend facing a test, say ganbatte (がんばって). makemashita is plain fact, not rude. tai here is 'versus', not the tai of tabetai 'want to eat'.
Try it
Say: I'm a Tigers fan.
taigaasu no fan desu. · タイガース の ファン です。 · I'm a Tigers fan.
Ask the score.
nan tai nan desu ka? · なんたい なん ですか? · What's the score?
Say: It's 3 to 0.
san tai zero desu. · さん たい ゼロ です。 · It's 3 to 0.