How to Say ‘Is it a move-in notification?’ in Japanese
転入ですか。
tennyuu desu ka
[ten-nyuu dess kah]
🇯🇵 In Japan: Office staff may ask very short confirmation questions like this because the setting already supplies the context. A brief answer like [はい] or a fuller one like [はい、転入です] both work.
Phrase Breakdown
転入
tennyuu
[ten-nyuu]
moving in
This refers to coming into this municipality from another place.
転入ですか。と職員が聞きます。
The staff member asks, "Is it a move-in?"
ですか
desu ka
is it?; are you?
A sentence-ending phrase used to ask for confirmation politely.
転入ですか。
Are you moving in here?
Words in this phrase
です
desu
[dess]
is / polite ending
A polite ending used in official speech.
転入ですか。の「です」は丁寧です。
The "desu" in "tennyū desu ka" is polite.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
This marks the sentence as a question.
転入ですか。の「か」で質問になります。
The "ka" in "tennyū desu ka" makes it a question.
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