Tip 11 ”This one’s on me.”　無料ビジネス英語学習

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.

And today's phrase is...This one's on me.

I like this one. I don't like to use it.
But I'd like to hear it.

Because it means, hey I will pay.

Don't worry, I will pay. Okay?

But before we do that, let's do our usual test.

So last time I asked you,

In retrospect, if you could do something, what would ...

Or if you could redo something, what would you redo?

Okay?

If you could go back to school.

If you could see someone that you had a big fight with in the past.

You know, what would you redo?

Okay, next time when you ask someone in your workplace.
It's an interesting question.

Okay, so let's go on to today's phrase.

This one's on me.

Okay, and here's what I often hear.

So if I say, you know, I have lunch with Taro,
and we go to a nice restaurant.

And I say, Wow Taro that was great food.
Okay, how much is it? How much is my share?

And Taro says:

Ah, no, no, no. Please don't worry. It's free.

It's free? No it's not free. Your why..
Why are you paying if it's free?

You know free means we don't have to pay.

Right? So it's a little bit strange. Okay.

So what we should say or what Taro should say is...

Okay, that was great food. How much is it?

This one's on me. Perfect.

This one's on me. That's right.

It's not free. I'm paying for it this time.

This one's on me.

And I will say: No, no, no. This one's on me.

And he'll say: No, no, no. This one's on me.

And I'll say: No, no, no this one's on.. and we do this a few times.
And then finally, I'll give up because I want him to pay.

And that's the usual technique, okay?
So let's practice pronunciation.

This one's on me; look at it carefully.

This one'son me, this one'son one'son.

This one's on me.

This one's on me.

Okay, for homework.

Next time I'm gonna say:
That was great food. How much is it?

And you say, this one's on me.

Okay.

All right we'll see you next time. Thank you.