2013.11.22
Point 14 ”Go ahead” 初級ビジネス英会話
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第14弾は、”Go ahead” です。
今回のフレーズは、ナチュラルな感じで相手に「どうぞ」といいたいときに使えます。
例えば、会社の同僚から
“Can I sit here?” 「ここに座ってもいい？」
と聞かれた際に「どうぞ。」と言いたい場合、あなたならどういいますか。
英語にあまり慣れていない人だと、
“Please. Please.”
などと答えるかもしれません。
もちろん相手に意図は伝わります。
ただ同僚に対して “Please.” は、あまりナチュラルではないのと、
日本語では丁寧さを伝えるため「どうぞ、どうぞ。」と、
「どうぞ」を2回言ったりしますが、英語では “Please” を2回言う必要はありません。
こんなときには、
“Go ahead.”
と言うようにしましょう。
ぜひ覚えておいてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a short one.
It's go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead.
What does this mean?
OK. First, we will do our test.
Do you remember? Please ask me OK.
Not what is your hobby? No.
You say...
That's right. What do you do in your free time?
That's right. I usually just play with my daughter.
OK. Did you get that?
OK. Let's go on to today's phrase.
Go ahead. Hmmm... what does this mean?
Well, this is what I usually hear OK.
So if I say to Taro, he's my co-worker, my colleague.
OK, we work for the same company.
I say, yeah Taro, ah, can I sit here?
Well maybe this is a room, can I sit here?
And he says, yeah, yeah please. Please.
Oh, oh OK. Thank you.
It's OK, please please, yeah.
But it's not necessary to say two times, please please.
Yeah, I don't know, many Japanese say it two times.
OK. So it's a little bit unnatural OK.
A more natural style is this one.
OK. So if I say to Taro, yeah Taro, can I sit here?
He says, yeah, go ahead.
Very natural. Go ahead.
It's like, sure, OK. Yeah, go ahead.
OK let's look at pronunciation.
So it's not go ahead, it's goahead.
Goahead. You try.
One more time. Goahead.
OK. So let's try it with my question.
Ah, can I sit here?
Oh, thank you.
Perfect. OK. For homework now,
I will ask you next time, can I sit here?
And you say, go ahead. OK?
So please remember that.
We will see you next time.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a short one.
It's go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead.
What does this mean?
OK. First, we will do our test.
Do you remember? Please ask me OK.
Not what is your hobby? No.
You say...
That's right. What do you do in your free time?
That's right. I usually just play with my daughter.
OK. Did you get that?
OK. Let's go on to today's phrase.
Go ahead. Hmmm... what does this mean?
Well, this is what I usually hear OK.
So if I say to Taro, he's my co-worker, my colleague.
OK, we work for the same company.
I say, yeah Taro, ah, can I sit here?
Well maybe this is a room, can I sit here?
And he says, yeah, yeah please. Please.
Oh, oh OK. Thank you.
It's OK, please please, yeah.
But it's not necessary to say two times, please please.
Yeah, I don't know, many Japanese say it two times.
OK. So it's a little bit unnatural OK.
A more natural style is this one.
OK. So if I say to Taro, yeah Taro, can I sit here?
He says, yeah, go ahead.
Very natural. Go ahead.
It's like, sure, OK. Yeah, go ahead.
OK let's look at pronunciation.
So it's not go ahead, it's goahead.
Goahead. You try.
One more time. Goahead.
OK. So let's try it with my question.
Ah, can I sit here?
Oh, thank you.
Perfect. OK. For homework now,
I will ask you next time, can I sit here?
And you say, go ahead. OK?
So please remember that.
We will see you next time.
Thank you.
