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At break with coworkers today, I mentioned learning Japanese since a bit over a year now. I was then asked to say something in Japanese, but I couldn't really think of anything good.

On my way home, I formulated a little something that I could say the next time I get asked:

「今月に桜が綺麗です。」

Do any of you have such default sentences, and if so, what are they?

Edit: Wikipedia has the following as an example:

「太陽が東の空に昇る。」

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

すみません、日本語は話しません

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Not Japanese, but I know some Russian and my go to sentence was always ‘what do you want me to say?’

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

いい天気だね。

僕の日本語は下手です

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

何か云って。

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

私はほとんど日本語を話せません

Probably the only phrase I can speak coherently

Edit: spelling mistakes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming you meant 「私は」 and 「話せません」

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I used translate as a keyboard and failed to do that properly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I always just say 「何か」. They never seem to find it as funny as I do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

わかりません、私は日本語が話せないので、このコメントを書くのにグーグル翻訳を使いました。

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago