For here or to go

Are you familiar with the expression “for here or to go”? If you want to say it in a complete sentence, you can say “Is that for here or to go?”

This is a question you’re almost always asked in a fast-food restaurant when you order your meal. If the lady behind the counter who’s taking your order asks this question, she wants to know whether you’re eating your meal in the restaurant or taking it somewhere else.

If your answer is “It’s for here,” then the lady will put your meal on a tray and give it to you. If you want to take it home or somewhere else, then your answer will be “To go, please”. Then she will put your meal in a bag for you.

Now, would you like to try a quiz? You’ll be given three options. Choose the one that is TRUE.

If you want to eat your meal in the restaurant, you’ll say:
(1) It’s for here.
(2) To go, please.
(3) No thank you.

クイズの答え：（1）


日本語訳

店内で食べる？お持ち帰り？

For here or to go? という表現をご存知でしょうか。完全なセンテンスにするなら Is that for here or to go? です。

ファーストフードのお店で食べ物を注文するときにほとんど必ず聞かれる質問です。カウンターの向こうであなたの注文を取ってくれる店員さんがこの質問をしてきたら、この人が知りたいことは「店内で食べるのか、それとも持ち帰るのか」ということです。

あなたが (It’s) for here と答えれば、（これは「店内で食べる」という意味なので）店員さんは注文の品をトレイに載せ、あなたに渡してくれます。自宅などに持ち帰る場合は To go, please と答えます。店員さんは注文の品を紙袋やレジ袋に入れて渡してくれるでしょう。