How do you say this in English (US)? 明日、スーパーでウインナーを買います。

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Can I say, "I'm going to buy some wieners at the supermarket tomorrow."? When I say ウインナー here in Japanese, I'm thinking of a package of wieners. The package might contain eight pieces of wieners for example. The image is like I go to the local supermarket, grab a package of wieners, pay at the cashier, and go back home. I don't want to specify the number of package to buy and say, ウインナーを一袋（ひとふくろ）買います, which means "I'm going to buy a package of wieners." I just want to generally say, "ウインナーを買います," which literally means "I'm going to buy wieners." In that sense, can I say, "I'm going to buy some wieners at the supermarket tomorrow."? Thank you for your help!

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Lemon-san

25 February

Vietnamese
English (US)

Tomorrow I'm going to buy wieners at the supermarket or you can put tomorrow at the end. (Don't actually say weiner tho people gonna think you're a pervert say sausage or hotdog instead if you're talking to an American person) :)

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Gambaruman2016

25 February

Japanese

@Lemon-san Thank you for your suggestion and explanation! Oh, my, I should be careful then. My dictionary says a wiener is a long thin smoked sausage, but it also says it can be used as slang for an object a male has. I'm guessing this word conjures up the latter meaning, and therefore there's the risk of making myself sound like a pervert... Thank you for letting me know again!

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