What is Genki Dayo?
Genki – dayo. — “I’m fine” or “I’m doing well.”
What do you reply to Genki desu ka?
Explanation. In OGENKI DESU KA (Are you fine?), OGENKI is an adjective GENKI (fine, healthy) with an honorific O before it. If you answer, “Yes, I’m fine,” you say HAI, GENKI DESU.
What does Hai Genki desu mean?
the standard “(hai,) genki desu.” meaning “I’m fine/I’m energetic.”
What is Genki desu in Japanese?
Firstly, if you are feeling “genki” you can say, “げんきです” which simply means, “yeah, I’m fine”. You could also disagree and say 元気ではない “Genki de wa nai” which means “I’m not fine”.
What is the difference between desu and Dayo?
です is polite form. だよ is casual and friendly. You shouldn’t use them interchangeably. If you use だよ to your boss or unfamiliar people, they would think you are rude.
Does Genki mean happy?
When you become genki, you go from a state without pep to a state with pep. You become happy. You become energetic.
Is Genki desu polite?
“O-genki desu ka” is the most polite expression of these three and is used to people you don’t know well or people in higher positions. “genki desu ka” is more polite than ”genki?” and is used by people in higher positions to people in lower positions. For example, teachers to students and superiors to subordinates.
Do girls use DA?
Both men and women default to だ(da) in everyday situations. It would be perfectly normal to hear a girl say そうなんだ! (sou nan da!) in everday conversation. That said だ (da) can sometimes sound pretty gruff if you use it alone at the end a sentence.
Why is the Genki Sushi logo angry?
The reason why Genki Sushi choose unhappy face as their logo is to visualise a serious, professional and confident face of a Japanese sushi expert chef, with two red dots on his cheeks representing ‘Genki’ – which means young and positive energy!
Is desu ka formal?
And of course, you’ll need to add the か(ka) particle. So, let’s take a look at some common questions endings. A standard ending for formal Japanese questions is desuka. This is used when you’re taking the desu couple and turning it into a question with the ka particle.