Short, polite phrases help colleagues share the information they need. Read the examples and adapt them to your own workplace.

The idea

Name the work and report its completion with 終わりました. もう adds that it is already done, while 今 can mark just now. Follow up with 次は何をしますか or ask someone to check with 確認をお願いします.

Patterns to compare
JapaneseMeaning
この仕事しごとはもう終おわりました。This task is already finished.
次つぎは何なにをしますか。What shall I do next?
確認かくにんをお願ねがいします。Please check it.

Examples

  • この仕事しごとはもう終おわりました。This task is already finished.
  • コピーが終おわりました。The copying is finished.
  • 今いま、終おわりました。I have just finished.
  • これで終おわりです。With this, the task is finished.
  • 次つぎは何なにをしますか。What shall I do next?
  • 確認かくにんをお願ねがいします。Please check it.

Read-aloud uses a synthetic Japanese voice available on your device. Voice quality and availability vary; it does not assess your pronunciation.

Watch out

終わりました reports something already completed; 終わります is non-past. 確認をお願いします requests a check; it does not mean that the check has already happened.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 昨日きのう、仕事しごとが_。(終おわりました/終おわります)

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    終わりました

    終わりました is the polite past form, fitting yesterday.

  2. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 次つぎは_をしますか。(何なに/どこ)

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    何

    何 asks what task comes next.

  3. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 確認かくにんを_。(お願ねがいします/終おわります)

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    お願いします

    お願いします politely asks the other person to check.

Use it today

Practise these lines aloud with a colleague: この仕事しごとはもう終おわりました。 次つぎは何なにをしますか。 Replace one detail to fit your own situation.