Hi, I’m Takaya Suzuki. I am a translator from Japan.
How would you say “I have a dog” in Japanese? Today, let’s take a look at how we can say “I have a dog” in Japanese. 今日は “I have a dog” を日本語でどう言うか見ていきます。
“I have a dog” in Japanese would be “犬を飼っています”
“I have a dog” in Japanese would be “犬を飼っています”.
「犬を飼っています」
“I have a dog.”
“飼(か)って” is the て-form of the verb “飼う”, which means to own an animal.
“犬を飼っています” means “I have a dog.”
You can say “犬を飼っています” whether you have just one dog or more than one dog. If you want to be more specific, you can say something like:
犬を1匹飼っています (I have a dog)
犬を2匹飼っています (I have two dogs)
犬を3匹飼っています (I have three dogs)
Phrases related to “I have a dog” in Japanese
“I have a dog” in Japanese would be “犬を飼っています”. Now, let’s take a look at some phrases related to “I have a dog” in Japanese.
When you count cats or dogs, you use the counter “匹”.
1匹 (いっぴき)
2匹 (にひき)
3匹 (さんびき)
4匹 (よんひき)
5匹 (ごひき)
6匹 (ろっぴき)
7匹 (ななひき)
8匹 (はっぴき)
9匹 (きゅうひき)
10匹 (じゅっぴき)
11匹 (じゅういっぴき)
12匹 (じゅうにひき)
13匹 (じゅうさんびき)
14匹 (じゅうよんひき)
15匹 (じゅうごひき)
16匹 (じゅうろっぴき)
17匹 (じゅうななひき)
18匹 (じゅうはっぴき)
19匹 (じゅうきゅうひき)
20匹 (にじゅっぴき)
How was it? Today, we took a look at how we could say “I have a dog” in Japanese. 今日は “I have a dog” の日本語での言い方をご紹介しました。
ありがとうございました！
