Japanese phrases

Hi folks
just wanted to share a link I found, I think it will be very useful to any body in my case
useful japanse phrases
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Sayonara ;)

My Japanese client has this very second just sent me this phrase (quite coincidentally):

"Osewani natte orimasu"

She says this is commonly used in business to start an email or phonecall and means something like "thank you for your patronage", "thank you for supporting us all the time". She also sent me this link:

BBC Japanese Challenge

if my high school japanese serves:

'nihongo ga sukoshi dekimasu' = 'i speak a little bit of japanese'. and if they say, 'honto ni? joozu!' (really? well done!) or something like that, you can say, 'choto, choto!' as in, 'no really - only a little bit'.

thank you both for your replies, I ve been also lucky on the Japan forum and got some replies there, you can give a look.
Stormboy, I really liked the link you put, by the way, as u re on this forum then for sure you re interested in language, if you need anythg in French, italian or arabic (any other client) , then it will be a pleasure if I can help

Thanks!

if they say, 'honto ni? joozu!' (really? well done!) or something like that, you can say, 'choto, choto!' as in, 'no really - only a little bit'.

"chotto, chotto" would be a funny response. It could be misunderstood or come off as false modesty. A better response would be "iie, sonna koto nai" (No, that's not the case).

false modesty: lol. i'll pass that on to my japanese teacher, who taught me that response. she fits the 'false modesty' profile v. well, in typical japanese style.

I say false modesty because Japanese people usually reject the compliment entirely. But if you say you're "chotto" jouzu, it's like "I'm only a little bit awesome". haha. I've never heard a Japanese person respond to a compliment with "chotto".

If they ask you "nihongo hanasemasu ka?" you could answer with "chotto".

I was taught "sono koto wa nain desu" or "iie, sore hodo demo" as responses to the compliments that foreigners living in Japan get on a daily basis for doing unremarkable things...

"Chotto, chotto!" if said with the right intonation will remind people of the catchphrase of a pair of Osaka comedians and might get you a few laughs- maybe your teacher was trying to amuse herself nette...

It is also perfectly acceptable to say "arigatou gozaimasu" if complimented- Japanese people say it in less formal situations, i.e. if a friend compliments them.