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1. The starting time is 9:30. I’ll pick you up at half past 7. | 1. Startingu Taimu-WA 9-JI 30-PUN DESU. 7-JI-HAN-NI Pick-up’pu-SHI-MASU. |
2. What (→How many) is your handicap? | 2. Handicap’pu-WA IKUTSU DESU-KA. |
3. What (→How many) is your recent average? | 3. SAIKIN-NO Averehji-WA IKUTSU DESU-KA? |
4. Have you ever played in this course? | 4. KONO-KÔSU-DE Pleh-SHI-TA KOTO-GA AR-I-MASU-KA? |
5. As for me, this golf course is for the first time. | 5. WATASHI-WA KONO-Goluf Kôsu-WA HAJIMETE DESU. |
6. Can I get a big handicap? | 6. OOKI-I Handicap’pu-O MORA-E-MASU-KA? |
7. Let’s decide on the handicap. I’ll give you five. | 7. Handicap’pu-O KIME-MASHÔ. WATASHI-WA ANATA-NI ITSU-TSU AGE-MASU. |
8. Five is small. (small in number=SUKUNA-I) How about nine? | 8. ITSU-TSU-WA SUKUNA-I-DESU. KOKONO-TSU-WA DÔ DESU-KA? |
9. Well, let’s make it 9. | 9. JAA, 9-NI SHI-MASHÔ. |
10. Let’s decide by coin toss. Heads or tails? | 10. Koin-Tosu-DE KIME-MASHÔ. OMOTE DESU-KA, URA DESU-KA? |
11. You are the first. Hit it in the middle of the fairway! | 11. ANATA-GA ICHIBAN DESU. Feawey-NO MAN’NAKA-NI UT-TE KUDASAI. |
12. My driver seldom goes to the middle of the fairway. | 12. WATASHI-NO Doraivah-WA MET’TA-NI Feawey-NO MAN’NAKA-NI IK-A-NA-I-N’ DESU. |
13. My driver sometimes goes straight. | 13. WATASHI-NO Doraivah-WA TOKI-DOKI MAS’SUGU IK-U-N’ DESU. |
14. That ball is out of bounds. Please don’t look for it. | 14. ANO-Bohlu-WA O.B.-DESU. SAGAS-A-NA-I-DE KUDASAI. |
15. Please hit ahead of me. | 15. O-SAKI-NI UT-TE KUDASAI. |
16. Please hit to the left of that bunker. The right side is out of bounds. | 16. ANO Bankah-NO HIDARI-NI UT-TE KUDASAI. MIGI-GAWA-WA O.B. DESU. |
17. There is a small creek on this side of the green. | 17. Griin-NO KOCHIRA-GAWA-NI CHIISA-I Criiku-GA AR-I-MASU-YO. |
18. The other side of the green is a deep rough. | 18. Griin-NO MUKÔ-GAWA-WA FUKA-I Rafu DESU. |
19. How many yards from here to the green? | 19. KOKO-KARA Griin-MADE NAN-Yardo DESU-KA? |
20. Your ball is behind that big tree. | 20. ANATA-NO Bohlu-WA ANO-OOKI-I KI-NO USHIRO DESU-YO. |
21. The tree is in the way. I can’t hit. I’ll drop it. | 21. KI-GA JAMA-DESU. UT-E-NA-I DESU. Drop’pu-SHI-MASU. |
22. Don’t worry. Your ball is outside the bunker. | 22. SHINPAI-SHI-NA-I-DE KUDASAI. ANATA-NO Bohlu-WA Bankah-NO SOTO DESU-YO. |
23. It’s too bad. Your ball is inside the pond. | 23. ZAN’NEN DESU. ANATA-NO Bohlu-WA IKE-NO NAKA DESU. |
24. I think your ball entered under that small bush. | 24. ANATA-NO Bohlu-WA ANO-CHIISA-I Bush-NO SHITA-NI HAIT-TA-TO OMO-I-MASU-YO. |
25. You can hit it with a pitching wedge. | 25. Pitching Wedge-DE UT-E-MASU-YO. |
26. It’s close. Almost!! | 26. OSHI-I!! |
27. I’ll walk as far as the green. | 27. Griin-MADE ARUK-I-MASU. |
28. Because I don’t find my ball on the green, (my ball is not on the green,) I think it is inside the bunker. | 28. WATASHI-NO Bohlu-WA Griin-NO-UE-NI NA-I-KARA, Bankah-NO NAKA-DA-TO OMO-I-MASU. |
29. I think your ball is much closer to the green. | 29. ANATA-NO Bohlu-WA MOT’TO Green-NO CHIKAKU-DA-TO OMO-I-MASU-YO. |
30. Today the cup is located at the back (deep inside) of the green. | 30. KYÔ-WA Cup’pu-GA Griin-NO OKU-NI AR-I-MASU-YO. |
31. Did my ball ride on the green? Yes, it rode on the edge. | 31. WATASHI-NO Bohlu-WA Green-NI NOR-I-MASHI-TA-KA? - HAI, Griin-NO HASHI-NI NOR-I-MASHI-TA YO. |
32. As for this green, if you hit it hard (strongly), it won’t stop. | 32. KONO-Griin-WA TSUYO-KU UT-TARA, TOMAR-A-NA-I DESU-YO. |
33. Sorry, but please don’t stand right across from me. | 33. SUM-I-MASEN, WATASHI-NO MUKAI-NI TAT-A-NA-I-DE KUDASAI. |
34. After 9 holes, can we take a break? | 34. 9 Hohlu-NO ATO-DE KYUUKEI-O TOR-E-MASU-KA? |
35. Is there a toilet near here (in this vicinity)? | 35. KONO-CHIKAKU-NI TOIRE-GA AR-I-MASU-KA? |
36. Can I go back to the last green? I left (forgot) my sand wedge. | 36. MAE-NO Green-NI MODOR-E-MASU-KA? Sando Wedge-O WASURE-TA-N’ DESU. |
37. If I birdie this hole, my score will be 90. | 37. KONO-Hole-O Birdie-SHI-TARA, Scoah-WA 90 DESU. |
38. Please hit your driver very close to that tree. - Sorry, but I am not that skillful. | 38. Doraivah-O ANO-KI-NO SOBA-NI UT-TE KUDASAI.
- SUM-I-MASEN, WATASHI-WA SON’NA-NI
JÔZU-JA-NA-I-DESU. (SON’NA-NI=that much) |
39. There is another (one more) bunker between that bunker and the green. | 39. ANO-Bankah-TO Green-NO AIDA-NI MÔ HITOTSU
Bankah-GA AR-I-MASU-YO. |
40. Your ball is on the next fairway. | 40. ANATA-NO Bohlu-WA TONARI-NO Fairway DESU-YO. |