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At break with coworkers today, I mentioned learning Japanese since a bit over a year now. I was then asked to say something in Japanese, but I couldn't really think of anything good.

On my way home, I formulated a little something that I could say the next time I get asked:

「今月に桜が綺麗です。」

Do any of you have such default sentences, and if so, what are they?

Edit: Wikipedia has the following as an example:

「太陽が東の空に昇る。」

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[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago

Not Japanese, but I know some Russian and my go to sentence was always ‘what do you want me to say?’

[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 5 points 8 months ago

すみません、日本語は話しません

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 3 points 8 months ago

何か云って。

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I always just say 「何か」. They never seem to find it as funny as I do.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

私はほとんど日本語を話せません

Probably the only phrase I can speak coherently

Edit: spelling mistakes

[–] Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming you meant 「私は」 and 「話せません」

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I used translate as a keyboard and failed to do that properly

[–] butsbutts@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago