Lesson 128 思考を表す動詞③ー suppose, expect

Opening

Roza
▶︎ You know, I prefer たこ焼き myself. This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans, お好み焼き not たこ焼き？

Onishi
▶︎ Nope! お好み焼き！

Dialogue

① Is the train crowded?【 crowded の意味 】
👉 crowded「混んでいる」という形容詞ですね。

② Packed.【 packed の意味 】
👉 packed – こちらも「満員で」というわけです。

③ Bye for now, Jonas.【 for now の意味 】
👉 for now -「今のところは」というわけです。範囲を表す for – ご注意ください。

Pronunciation Polish

Roza
▶︎ All right, guys. It’s time for the “Pronunciation Polish” corner.
Today’s sentence is …
・There are many first-time visitors, I suppose.
・There are many first-time visitors, I suppose.

We have quite a few points that we’ll be going over today.
They’ll cover the linking, the combination sounds, and the disappearing
at the end of the word.
Let’s go through them together.
Repeat after me.
there are, there are

Keep going.
first-time

Here’s that. It’s the combining “t”.
first time

Great.
Now let’s try the last part of the sentence.
visitors, I suppose, visitors, I suppose

Excellent.
All right. Full sentence.
・There are many first-time visitors, I suppose.

And one more time. Focus on the rhythm.
・There are many first-time visitors, I sppose.

Excellent work.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Roza, you lived in Kyoto, right?

Roza
▶︎ Yeah.

Onishi
▶︎ Did you go there recently?

Roza
▶︎ Ah, you know, I haven’t been there recently.
I used to go at least once a year, especially in the autumn to see the 紅葉.

David
▶︎ Ah, that’s nice. I haven’t been Kyoto in …oh, gush, almost ten years.

Roza
▶︎ Wow!

David
▶︎ I need to get back there.

Words and Phrases

① backup plan
👉代替プラン

これで、Lesson 128 は終了。