"わたしはおさけをのみません。"
Translation:I don't drink alcohol.
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The first one is good. Not the second one. And also...a little cultural lesson. 'I don't drink alcohol' doesn't usually fly with the Japanese. The only accepted reason for not drinking is a medical condition. Lying is okay to avoid shaming your host. I used to say 'ごめんね。かんぞうなしにぜんぜんしてさけがのめなくなるんや' Sort of a joke really, 'i'm sorry. I've become unable to drink because I have absolutely no liver.'
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Yes. But even if you can excuse you with a general medical condition, never specifically lie about an allergy in a restaurant; since it starts a protocol that slows down the kitchen to get rid of any trace of the alergen. With that protocol, the restaurant looses money and you loose time. And if they get used to people always lying, they could start to neglect the process, putting in risk real allergic people.
What about alcoholism? I assume they know what that is, hopefully they don't shame recovering alcoholics
I am British and that declaration doesn't usually fly with my fellow countrymen either because culturally we are a nation where almost every social activity is centred around drinking alcohol. However, I still state my alcohol-free position without shame and will be pleased to do so in Japanese too.
Exactly, I already came looking in the comments of anyone had mentioned this!
Which is the first one, second one? I know plenty of Japanese that dont drink alcohol so what do they say?
If I want to emphasize that I don't drink even one single drop of alcohol what should I say? I thought in some options but I don't know if it is correct. Could it be "わたしはおさけをぜんぜんのみません" or maybe "わたしはおさけをけっこうのみません" ?
The first one means 'i don't drink alcohol at all.' The second one is more like. 'As far as I'm concerned, drinking alcohol is not okay.' I would go with the first because the second one is a little harsh to your host....
Or another translation for 2 is 'i'm not okay with drinking alcohol'... maybe with an excuae... or a very polite appology like 'moushi wake arimasen kedo....'
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Yes. But even if you can excuse you with a general medical condition, never specifically lie about an allergy in a restaurant; since it starts a protocol that slows down the kitchen to get rid of any trace of the alergen. With that protocol, the restaurant looses money and you loose time. And if they get used to people always lying, they could start to neglect the process, putting in risk real allergic people.
Isn't さけ a specific alcoholic drink? Does it also just mean alcohol in general?
Judging by your profile pic I will believe rust you're an expert on drinks. Thank you kindly for your wisdom!
Thank you! I just made a remark on that: what term do you use for differentiating between o-sake and alcohol.
In China where they belong!
Okay okay, I'm sorely learning the kanji outside of Duo as well. Actually no, I'm learning Japanese outside of Duo as I only use this for practice
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わたしはまいにちさけをのみます。だから、よっぱらいになりました。（私は毎日酒を飲みます。だから、酔っ払いになりました。) I drink alcohol every day. So, I have became a drunkard. ((+_+))
In Food 1 whenever you wanted to say "i don't drink X" you would use "Xはのみません。". similar to I don't eat X you would use the は particle. Can someone explain why you use the を particle here? Can you use は? or is there a reason as to why を is better here?
Because the topic is now 'watashi', thus the particle attached to it is は, whereas the object is 'alcohol' - resulting in the particle を being attached. In your examples, the topic is 'X', therefore attaching the は particle to it.
Yes, but "to drink" isn't exclusive to alcohol. It's an English idiom that isn't used in Japan. You would need to specify "i don't drink alcohol"
Though I'd normally advice trying to translate from language to language rather than from word to word, I do think that it's important to practise the difference between "drink" and "alcohol" in this exercise
I'm not old enough to drink alcohol. translation: 私はアルコールを飲むのに十分な年齢ではない。
o-sake is both alcohol and sake in the drills. So how do you differentiate in ordering sake or another alcoholic beverage? Is there no other generic term for alcohol?
What about for religious reasons, for say? Is it still considered rude?
This form also can be progressive, which it didn't like: "I am not drinking sake."
Actually, it can't. There is a "progressive present" conjugation for ongoing actions, in Japanese, just as in English.
