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N に します (N ni shimasu) — I will go with this one

What you say when you pick one option out of several — heard most often when ordering in a restaurant.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

N the one you pick
on this one
します I choose
何に しますか what will you have?

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

To choose something, put に + します after the noun: コーヒーに します means "I will have the coffee". In a shop or restaurant the staff ask 「何に しますか」— "what will you have?". It is not only for food; it also settles a time or a place: 会議は 3時に しましょう. There is no を here — the thing you pick takes に directly. Keep it apart from the previous point: 部屋を きれいに します has を and changes the state of a thing, while コーヒーに します has no を and is only a choice.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

わたしはコーヒーします

わたしは コーヒーに します。

watashi wa koohii ni shimasu.

I will have coffee.

しますか

何に しますか。

nani ni shimasu ka.

What will you have?

会議は3時しましょう

会議は 3時に しましょう。

kaigi wa sanji ni shimashou.

Let us set the meeting for three.

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

In a restaurant, which correctly says "I will have tea"?

💡 Hint: A choice always takes に.

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