Lesson 26 前置詞 by ①ー by の基本

2025年5月13日

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ I’m looking for a leather jacket.

Roza
▶︎ I think you already have one.

Onishi
▶︎ Don’t make me say it! Come on! I grew out of the old one.

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① In my opinion, anyway.【 in my opinion の意味】
👉さあ、in my opinion「私の意見では」という表現ですね。

② You might be right.【 may の控えめ表現】
👉 You might be right. この might は「ひょっとして〜かもしれない」という
may の控えめ表現となっています。

③ I’m looking for a leather jacket【 「求める」for 】
👉 look for「探す」- 求めての “for! が使われていますよ。

④ 〜, they sell all kinfs of good stuff.【 stuff の意味】
👉さあ、stuff という単語が出てきました。これは、thing のくだけた言い方です。
「もの」というわけですね。

Pronunciation Polish

Roza
▶︎ OK, everyone. Are you ready for today’s “Pronunciation Polish”?
Let’s begin. Here’s today’s sentence.
・There are several used clothing stores ahead by that small park.
・There are seceral used clothing stores ahead by that small park.

Today we’ll be going ovcer two points.
I want you to pay attention to the rhythm as you practice,
OK. Here’s the first point – “linking.”
There – are
There – are

The secont point is the disappearance of the “d” in “used.”
use(d) clothing stores
use(d) clothing stores

Great! Let’s put them together.
There – are use(d) clothing stores
There – are use(d) clothing stores

・There are used clothnig stores ahead by that small park.
・There are used clothing stores ahead by that small park.

I hope you’ were able to catch that rhythm as you practiced.
Remember!
Mistakes are a part of the process.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, David! You’re so kind. You’re going to make lunch for your friend.

David
▶︎ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. No problem.

Onishi
▶︎ What kind of dish is that?

David
▶︎ Ah 〜, it depends on my mood. But at the restrante de David we’ll have maybe
taco rice, or maybe at David’s cafe we can have some avocad toast. It’s ….

Roza
▶︎ Um..! So you’re bringing it to the next recording, right?