Lesson 2Grammar Notes

Telling & Asking Phone Numbers

たかはしさんの でんわばんごうは 213 の 709 の 4685です。

1. Telling one’s telephone number

123 の 456 の 7890 です

The particle “ の ” is usually placed in between the area code, the local exchange code and the last four digits. Therefore, the number 123-456-7890 is いち に さん の よん ご ろく の なな はち きゅう ゼロ.

desu

takahashi-san no denwa bangou wa ni ichi san no nana zero kyuu no yon roku hachi go desu

no no

ich ni san yon go roku nana hachi kyuu zero

no

no no

Mr. Takahashi’s phone number is 213 - 709 - 4685.

たかはしさんの でんわばんごうは 213 の 709 の 4685です。

2. Asking one’s telephone number

If you don’t know a person’s phone number and you’d like to find it out, you

can ask it with a question word “なんばん”. “なんばん” means “What number”

in Japanese and you just place this question word where “?” is placed in

above sentence, then add “か” to make the sentence a question.

takahashi-san no denwa bangou wa ni ichan noa no yon roku hachi go desu

nan ban

What is Mr. Takahashi’s phone number?

?

たかはしさんの でんわばんごうは なんばん ですか。takahashi-san no denwa bangou wa nan ban desu ka

ka

nan ban

You can replace a person’s name, or even to a place name to find out itsphone number.

の でんわばんごうは なんばん ですか。personor

place no denwa bangou wa nan ban desu ka