Lesson 87 停止を表す動詞 ② ー finish, quit, give up

2025年8月6日

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ Never give up!

Roza
▶︎ There is no finish line on your learning journey. Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. That’s right. Keep going, one small hurdle at a time.

Dialogue

① Thank you, Jake, for having me on your show.【 thank you for の間に挿入】
👉 thank you と for – その間に、Jake が挿入されていますよね。Thank you for 〜.
という形です。

② Oh, yeah, the one with tap dancing?【 one の使い方】
👉 the one – one が出てくるのは、musical を繰り返したくない、ためなんですね。
その代わりに the one と言っているわけです。

③ 〜 you quit your previous job ….【 previous の意味】
👉 previous -「前の」という単語。これは日常語です。しっかりと覚えておきましょう。

④ I started this career rather late in life.【 rather の意味】
👉 rather late と言っていましたよね。rather「かなり」というわけです。

Pronunciation Polish

David
▶︎ OK. Don’t give up just yet!
We’re not finished, we still have to polish our pronunciation.
So let’s dive right in.
Here’s today’s phrase.
・It was hard to finish that movie.
・It was hard to finish that movie.

All right. Threre are three main points we’ll focus on today.
First is “it” at start.
Listen to the sound, OK?
it, it

The “t” at the end has disappeared. It’s nice and sweet.
Let’s add “was” for some extra practice.
it was, it was

Very nice.
Next we have “hard to.”
The “d” at the end will disappear, we’ll joine the “r” and “t” sound together.
hard to, hard to

All right.
Last up is “that.”
The “t” at the end” will disappear.
So that, that.
that movie, that movie

All right.
Let’s make some chunks and build.
It was hard to
It was hard to

・It was hard to finish that movie.
・It was hard to finish that movie.

All right.
I hope it wasn’t hard to finish today’s practice.
Great work.