Sentence checking

Japanese Language Grammar
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Hello! Are these sentences correct? I made them to add them to my Anki deck for grammar.

Excuse me, how much is this one? - すみません、これはいくらですか。

That one costs 6,450 yen. - これは六千四百五十円です。

How much is that wallet over there? - あのさいふはいくらですか。

That one over there is 3,150 yen. - あれは三千百五十円です。

Then, I’ll take that wallet over there. - じゃあ、あのさいふをください。

Welcome (to our restaurant), here is the menu. - いらっしゃいませ、メニューをどうぞ。

What is this? - これは何ですか。

Which one? Oh, it is pork cutlet. (waiter’s reply) - どれですか。ああ、とんかつです。

Tonkatsu? Is it fish? - とんかつ？さかなですか？

No, it’s not Fish. It’s meat. It’s delicious. - いいえ、さかなじゃないです。にくです。おいしいです
よ。

Then, I’ll have this. (order in restaurant) - じゃあ、これをおねがいします。

Excuse me, where is the toilet? - すみません、トイレはどこですか。

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It looks ok to me, but I’m also a learner, so… for this kind of thing I recommend getting corrections from natives here: https://langcorrect.com/

Is it from Genki? It looks very familiar. What I really wanted to respond was これはペンです which I hope you also find funny :joy:

And if you are studying Genki, then actually I wouldn’t recommend to srs stuff like this. The vocab and phrases in Genki are enough, and these kinds of things will be repeated so much as you go through the exercises, you shouldn’t need it. To branch out a bit for more practice you could read these: https://learnnatively.com/series/c78f246213/

They are free! If you like paper, a publisher called ASK does some very high quality graded readers I liked a lot. Genki does some as well but they are very expensive.

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They look good to me! Granted, I’m also a beginner like the other commenter, but they still look fine to me. Take it with a grain of salt though haha.

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Thanks a lot! You’re right, it’s from Genki (Lesson 2). I’m still figuring out what works best for me, and I’ll definitely use your advice. Thank you for the links as well — I’m sure they’ll come in handy.

P.S. I do find it funny :joy:

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Appreciate your help! Good luck with your studies :smiley:

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それは

But otherwise they’re grammatically fine, if a tad stilted. (And I reckon the waiter is speaking in the wrong formality register, but that’s a different matter, which you’ll learn about later.)

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It’s a good idea to mention what your goal is when asking for corrections.

Do you want only hard errors fixed? Do you want it to be made into natural speech? Do you only care if the word meanings are okay?

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That’s a good point, I hadn’t thought about it.

I mainly wanted to check whether they’re grammatically correct. I realize these sentences probably aren’t even close to being natural, but I wanted to understand the grammar better by using textbook-style sentences instead of single-word Anki cards without context. Still, I’d really appreciate any comments or suggestions :slightly_smiling_face:

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