Noon help

[kvcnext]

Hey. I'll be in japan in a couple of weeks, and I have a few speech questions.

My gate number at Tokyo Dome is 20. If I need to ask, would it be ２０のゲイトはどこにありますか。

Also, I'm not experienced with Japanese at all, so would 5 years be pronounced. ごせん or ごし?

[RealJames]

Originally Posted by kvcnext

Hey. I'll be in japan in a couple of weeks, and I have a few speech questions.

My gate number at Tokyo Dome is 20. If I need to ask, would it be ２０のゲイトはどこにありますか。

Also, I'm not experienced with Japanese at all, so would 5 years be pronounced. ごせん or ごし?

にじゅうばんのゲートはどこですか？
Where is the number 20 gate?

ごねん　5years
ごねんかん for 5 years
ごねんまえ 5 years ago

[Decimus]

Originally Posted by kvcnext

Hey. I'll be in japan in a couple of weeks, and I have a few speech questions.

My gate number at Tokyo Dome is 20. If I need to ask, would it be ２０のゲイトはどこにありますか。

Also, I'm not experienced with Japanese at all, so would 5 years be pronounced. ごせん or ごし?

「２０のゲイト」 sounds a bit odd. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but I would probably add a 「第」　in front of the 「２０の」. Then again, I'm not a native Japanese speaker, so take what I'd just said with a grain of salt.

"5 years" would be 「五年」, which is pronounced as 「ごねん」. If you are trying to say "5 years old" instead, then use 「五歳（ごさい）」.

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by kvcnext

would it be ２０のゲイトはどこにありますか。

Most naturally, ２０ばんゲート as one word. Forget adding 第 or の.

Luckily, you won't even be asking this question orally. Finding your gate at Tokyo Dome is really easy with large signs everywhere.

[RealJames]

Originally Posted by masaegu

Luckily, you won't even be asking this question orally. Finding your gate at Tokyo Dome is really easy with large signs everywhere.

w that's right :P
it's pretty hard to get lost there ><