How to Say ‘Copy this.’ in Japanese
これをコピーする。
kore o kopii suru
[koh-reh oh koh-pee soo-roo]
💬 Usage Tip: [を] marks the thing you act on, so [これをコピーする] is literally "copy this." In speech, [を] is often said more like (o).
Phrase Breakdown
これ
kore
[koh-reh]
this
Refers to the item the speaker is pointing at or talking about.
これを先に見るべきですか。
Should I look at this first?
を
o
[oh]
object marker
A particle that marks the direct object of the verb.
この資料をもう一度見せてください。
Please show me this document one more time.
コピーする
kopii suru
to copy
Katakana loanword + する verb pattern: コピー + する = to copy (a file/document, etc.).
この書類をコピーする。
I’ll copy this document.
Words in this phrase
コピー
kopii
[koh-pee]
copy
A noun meaning a copy; with する it becomes the verb コピーする, to copy.
このコピーで大丈夫ですか。
Is this copy okay?
する
suru
[soo-roo]
do; to do
Used to form many action verbs together with nouns.
今することを、もっと簡単に説明してください。
Please explain more simply what to do now.
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