asking for room number

Laughing Larry

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• 8 Oct 2009

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Hi,

I work as a waiter in a hotel restaurant and would like to ask for ppl room numbers when they ask for the bill...could I just say:

"heyabangou o kudasai" or "heyabangou ga arimasu ka?" ??

thanks

 

Elizabeth

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• 8 Oct 2009

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Heyabangou wo onegaishimasu. I think it pretty natural.

部屋番号をお願いします

 

Laughing Larry

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thanks, "heyabangou o kudasai" and "Heyabangou wo onegaishimasu" are so similar in fact!

 

Elizabeth

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Laughing Larry said:

thanks, "heyabangou o kudasai" and "Heyabangou wo onegaishimasu" are so similar in fact!

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Maybe when ordering or shopping. I've never heard the former from a company/ the customer service side.

 

Laughing Larry

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ok, one more thing; do you think is it the same if I remove that /wo/ when speaking? I mean:

"Heyabangou onegaishimasu"

thanks

 

undrentide

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Yes, you can knock off "wo".
Just "hayebangou, onegaishimasu" works fine.

If you cannot remember "heyabangou", you can say "ruumu nambaa (= room number)".
People do understand this word which came from English.

 

Laughing Larry

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how are they going so answer me?

suppose it's room number: 321

Could they say: mittsu-futatsu-hitotsu

or:

san-in-iti?

 

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pipokun

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Laughing Larry said:

suppose it's room number: 321
Could they say: mittsu-futatsu-hitotsu

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I am 999% sure that no Japanese would answer like the above.

But...
san-in-iti (you mean, three, two, one, right?) or sanbyaku nijyu ichi (three hundreds twenty one) is just a personal choice.

The best professional solution should be to remember all numbers (at least the number of rooms your hotel has) in Japanese.
The 2nd best solution would be to kindly ask the customer to write the room number.

 

Laughing Larry

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Ok, suppose the clients walks away from me (she/he has no idea a sign is required on the bill) how can I tell them something like: "please, i need a sign on the bill!"

thanks

 

undrentide

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• 12 Oct 2009

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Laughing Larry said:

Ok, suppose the clients walks away from me (she/he has no idea a sign is required on the bill) how can I tell them something like: "please, i need a sign on the bill!"

thanks

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Okyaku-sama! Sain wo onegaishimasu.
(Sir!/Madam! Your signature please!)

When you want to address a client but do not know/remember his/her name, "okyaku-sama" is a very useful word as you can use it for both male and female.

 

Laughing Larry

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• 14 Oct 2009

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Since I have problems with the numbers for the moment, Could I also say samething like this: "koko ni kai te nkuramasu ka?"

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Elizabeth

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• 14 Oct 2009

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Laughing Larry said:

Since I have problems with the numbers for the moment, Could I also say samething like this: "koko ni kai te nkuramasu ka?"
thanks

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Koko ni (heyabangou wo) okaki kudasai. is fine. They will write it down in Japanese.