"BEHOLD! I bestow upon thee the SACRED TRIBUTE, forged by the hands of the ancients, bound by OATHS ETERNAL!" — What they actually said

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What you thought they said

BEHOLD! I bestow upon thee the SACRED TRIBUTE, forged by the hands of the ancients, bound by OATHS ETERNAL!

What they actually said

This one's on the house.

Practice this sentence

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This one's on the house.

Neutral

これはサービスです。

Casual

これサービス。

Vocabulary

これthis (thing)サービスfreebie; on the house (false friend of 'service')ですis (polite copula)

Grammar

〜は〜ですtopic marker + polite copula — 'X is Y'

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