Pokémon (ポケットモンスター)
ポケモン、ゲットだぜ！
Pokemon, getto daze!
“I caught a Pokémon!”
— Ash Ketchum (Satoshi)
Answer both practice questions correctly to complete this line.
Not yetThe scene
Ash's victory shout after every successful catch, usually with a pose and the captured Pokémon held high. (The famous English slogan 'Gotta catch 'em all' is actually a different phrase in Japanese — this line celebrates the catch you just made.)
Word by word
| Japanese | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ゲット | getto | 'get / got it!' — a katakana loanword from English 'get' |
| だぜ | daze | assertive masculine sentence ending: 'I'm telling you!' energy |
Grammar notes
Loanwords become verbs
ゲットする (getto suru, 'to get') is how katakana loanwords turn into verbs: add する. Japanese absorbs new verbs this way constantly — コピーする (to copy), チェックする (to check) — and ゲット is one of the most naturalised of all.
Sentence-ending particles: ぜ
ぜ adds excited, rough emphasis, like a verbal fist pump. Its softer cousins: よ (informing), ね (seeking agreement), ぞ (muttered determination). Swapping the particle changes the whole personality of a sentence.
Can you say this in real life?
だぜ (daze) is a rough, excited, very 'shonen hero' sentence ending — real kids do imitate it, but adults mostly don't talk this way. ゲットする, though, has fully entered everyday Japanese: people ゲット concert tickets, limited goods, and new jobs.
Practice
Q1. When does Ash shout 「ポケモン、ゲットだぜ！」?
Q2. Make ゲット into a verb ('to get'):
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