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11-20-2010, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
One more thing I forgot to to ask which is, which of the two sentences below is appropriate when asking "Do you know the phone number of Mr. Tanaka?".

Personally I would usually say the first one but now I have second thoughts.


田中さんの電話番号をしっていますか。

田中さんの電話番号がわかりますか。
We use both. I'm pretty sure the second one is used more often, though, as it sounds more natural to me.

You really need to forget "know vs. understand" in English.


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