Lesson 227 時を表す when / while

2026年3月11日

Opening

David
▶︎ Ramen in the onsen. Can you do that? – Oh, no!

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① I heard about that.【 heard の発音】
👉さあ、heard の発音にしっかり注意してくださいね。これ、”ear” heard こもった発音です。

② It’s probably too late to get tickets for their Tokyo concert.【 too late のニュアンス】
👉 too late 「遅すぎて〜できない」といったところまでが連想されるフレーズ。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：When I was in college, I went to one of their live concerts.

David
▶︎ All righty, it’s time for today’s “Pronunciation Polish.”
Are you ready?
All right. Here’s today’s phrase.
・When I was in college, I went to one of their live concerts.
・When I was in college, I went to one of tneir live concerts.

All right.
We’ve got a lot of little things to work on,
so let’s get started.
First up we have “when I was in.”
This will be one chunk, OK?
Let’s practice together.
when I,
was in
when I was in
when I was in college

All right. Great.
Now let’s join up “went to.”
It sounds like this – “went to, went to.”

Good work.
Next up “one of.”
Here we go.
one of, one of
one of their live concerts
I went to one of their live concerts

All right.
Now let’s put it all together.
・When I was in college, I went to one of their live concerts.
・When I was in college, I went to one of their live concerts.

All right.
You’re sounding better already.
Great work today.