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Thank you for inviting me with お招きいただきありがとうございました

Vocabulary Explanation: Ways to say thank you in Japanese

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As part of their training, Akari, Aika, and Alice host a Festa del Redentore dinner. After, the guests gather before them.

アリシア:
「本日(ほんじつ)は宴(うたげ)にお招(まね)きいただきありがとうございました」
“Thank you for inviting me to the party today.”
「３人(さんにん)のおかげでとても楽(たの)しい…レデントーレが過(す)ごせました」
“Thanks to the three of you, I had a really fun time at the *Redentore*.”

Key Points

1お招(まね)きいただきありがとうございました = “Thank you for inviting me”
  • The formal pattern お + verb stem + いただく presents Alicia as receiving the hosts’ action. Here 招(まね)く becomes お招(まね)きいただく.
2ありがとうございました looks back on a completed occasion
  • The past polite form fits this scene because the dinner has ended and the guests are giving their closing thanks.
  • ありがとうございます could thank someone politely while an occasion is still underway. ありがとうございました treats it as complete.
3本日(ほんじつ)は宴(うたげ)に sets the occasion
  • 本日(ほんじつ)は makes “today” the formal time frame for Alicia’s thanks.
  • 宴(うたげ)に marks the event she was invited to. 宴(うたげ) means a feast or banquet and gives the line a ceremonial tone.
4３人(さんにん)のおかげで = “thanks to the three of you”
  • おかげで names the three hosts as the reason Alicia enjoyed the event.
  • 過(す)ごせました is the polite past potential of 過(す)ごす. It says she was able to spend the Redentore enjoyably.
  • With the potential form, レデントーレ takes が as the occasion she was able to enjoy.

Vocabulary

(Today)

本日(ほんじつ) is a formal word for today, common in announcements and customer service.

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