How to say "Excuse me, you dropped this" in Japanese

In English, we often use the phrase “excuse me” to start off a conversation with a stranger. Similarly, In Japanese, we use ... Allarticles CotoAcademy Howtosay"Excuseme,youdroppedthis"inJapanese JapaneseStudy LifeinJapan May22,2019 LastUpdatedon22.05.2019byCotoAcademy HaveyoueverencounteredasituationinJapanwhereyouwerewalkingonthestreetandsawsomeonedroppedsomethingoutofhispocket,youwantedtonoticethatpersonbutdidnotknowwhattosayinJapanese?Inthisarticle,wewillbeteachingyouhowtosay”youdroppedsomething”inJapanese. Gettheperson’sattentionfirst Thefirstthingyoushoulddowhenyouseesomeonedroppedsomethingistogettheperson’sattention.InEnglish,weoftenusethephrase“excuseme”tostartoffaconversationwithastranger.Similarly,InJapanese,weuse“すみません(sumimasen)whichmeans“sorry”.So,gettheperson’sattentionbysaying“すみません”tothepersonfirst. Tellthepersonthathe/shedroppedsomething whenthepersonturnstoyou,likehowyousay“youdroppedsomething”whenyouseesomeonedropsomething,youshouldsay“これ、落としましたよ(kore,otoshimashitayo)”where“これ(kore)”refersto“this”and“落としましたよ（otoshimashitayo)”means“(you)dropped”. Puttingthe2phrasestogether: すみません、これ、落としましたよ。

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