Wine & Spirits

1. ワインリストや みーさびーみ?

   Wain risuto ya miisabiimi?

   May I see the wine list?

   Usage

   Request wine list at restaurant

   Grammar Note

   "miisabiimi" is a polite request form

2. じもとぅぬワインや ししみらりーみ?

   Jimutu nu wain ya shishimirariimi?

   Can you recommend a local wine?

   Usage

   Ask for local wine recommendation

   Grammar Note

   "Shishimiyun" is "to recommend" (sense 2 of SiSimijuN); "shishimirariin" is its potential form

3. あかワイン ちょーびーん。

   Aka wain choobiin.

   I'd like red wine, please.

   Usage

   Order red/white/rosé/sparkling wine

   Grammar Note

   "choobiin" is a polite request

4. グラス いっぱい ちょーびーん。

   Gurasu ippai choobiin.

   I'd like a glass, please.

   Usage

   Order by glass or bottle

   Grammar Note

   "ippai" = "one cup/glass" same as Japanese

5. くぬりょーりんかい あーゆるワインや ぬーやいびーが?

   Kunu ryoori nkai aayuru wain ya nuu yaibii ga?

   What wine pairs well with this dish?

   Usage

   Ask for wine pairing recommendation

   Grammar Note

   "Aayun" is "to fit/pair" and "aayuru" is its attributive form; "nuu" is the Okinawan word for "what"

6. くぬワインぬ アルコールどすーや ちゃっさ やいびーが?

   Kunu wain nu arukooru dosuu ya chassa yaibii ga?

   What is the alcohol content?

   Usage

   Check alcohol percentage

   Grammar Note

   Japanese technical terms used directly

7. くぬワインや からくち やいびーん。

   Kunu wain ya karakuchi yaibiin.

   This wine is dry.

   Usage

   Tasting note for wine

   Grammar Note

   No word for the dryness of wine is known. Sjuuzuuguci means "a salty taste", not a dry wine, so it cannot be used here. Karakuchi is a Japanese loan

8. あわもりや ししみらりーみ?

   Awamori ya shishimirariimi?

   Can you recommend a local awamori spirit?

   Usage

   Ask for Okinawan awamori recommendation. Note: the Okinawan word for awamori is aamui (?aamui, あーむい); awamori is the Japanese form, and that is what every bottle and menu says.

   Grammar Note

   "awamori" is the iconic Okinawan distilled spirit

9. ワインテイスティングや しーぶさいびーん。

   Wain teisutiingu ya shiibusaibiin.

   I'd like to do a wine tasting.

   Usage

   Request a wine tasting session

   Grammar Note

   Shiibusaibiin is the polite desiderative: the stem sii of sjuN "to do" plus the suffix -busjaN, in its polite -saibiin form

10. ためしぬみや できやびーみ?

    Tameshi numi ya dekiyabiimi?

    Do you offer tastings / samples?

    Usage

    Ask for tasting samples

    Grammar Note

    "To drink" is nunun (nu=nuN), whose stem is num-, so the stem form is numi. Only the plain final form ends in -nun

11. あまさや いきらさんかい しみそーれー。

    Amasa ya ikirasa nkai shimi misooree.

    Not too sweet, please.

    Usage

    Request less sweet option

    Grammar Note

    "shimi soree" = "please do": suru + misooree (the same pattern as "achiku shimisooree" elsewhere in this language)

12. ハウスワインや ぬーやいびーが?

    Hausu wain ya nuu yaibii ga?

    What's the house wine?

    Usage

    Ask about house wine

    Grammar Note

    "Nuu yaibii ga" = polite "what is it?". Okinawan uses "nuu" for "what"; the Japanese "nan" is not used

13. くぬワインや まーぬ ちいきからやいびーが?

    Kunu wain ya maa nu chiiki kara yaibii ga?

    What region is this wine from?

    Usage

    Ask about wine region

    Grammar Note

    "maa nu" is "maa" (where) + "nu" (of) = "which/of where"; "kara" is the source particle "from"

14. かんぱいさびらー！

    Kanpaisabiraa!

    Cheers! / Let's toast!

    Usage

    Toast expression

    Grammar Note

    "sabiraa" is an Okinawan hortative (let's!)

15. アルコールなしぬ ぬみむぬや あいびーみ?

    Arukooru nashi nu numimunu ya aibiimi?

    Do you have non-alcoholic options?

    Usage

    Ask for non-alcoholic options

    Grammar Note

    "nashi" = "without" same as Japanese

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