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Are there cream puffs?

Anna has come to a cake shop with Sakura.

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Key phrase
SHÛKURÎMU WA ARIMASU KA
Scripts
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ケーキがいっぱいありますね。
KÊKI GA IPPAI ARIMASU NE.
There are lots of cakes.
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すみません、シュークリームはありますか。
SUMIMASEN, SHÛKURÎMU WA ARIMASU KA.
Excuse me. Are there cream puffs?
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はい、こちらです。
HAI, KOCHIRA DESU.
Yes, this way.
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シュークリームを2つください。
SHÛKURÎMU O FUTATSU KUDASAI.
Two cream puffs, please.
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TSU: a counter for things
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If followed by the counter TSU, the way we count numbers from one to ten changes.
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How to use the verb ARIMASU
ARIMASU (There is, There are) belongs to what we call "stative verbs," the verbs that describe the states in which people or things are. ARIMASU takes GA as the particle that indicates the subject.

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Anna's Tweets
KUDASAI is a useful expression. If I point to something I want to buy, and say KORE O KUDASAI (This one, please), I can buy it, even if I don't know its name.