Lesson 209 副詞による修飾④ 確信の度合いを表す副詞

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① What are you doing here?【 言い方に気をつける表現 】
👉さあ、What are you doing here? 言い方によっては相手にですね、不信感を持っている – そんな
イントネーションもあるわけです。言い方には気をつけていただきたい文となります。

② Is that the only reason you came?【 only reason you came の表現 】
👉さあ、ここで only reason you came – もちろん only reason that you came, only reason
why you came、いろんな形があります。

③ You probably have heard about Charles Dickens.【 hear about のニュアンス 】
👉 heard about – hear about というのは、いろいろと聞く、という感触がします。
名前だけを聞いたことがある、というのは hear of の方が使われます。

④ I definitely have to go.【 definitely の意味 】
👉 definitely「絶対」という単語が出てきましたね。
会話に勢いを添える、こうした強調語、しっかりと覚えてえおきましょう。

Practice

David
▶︎ All right, everyone. It’s time for today’s practice.
And let’s use “確信を表す副詞,” yeah. Last time we used “頻度副詞” to adjust
the level of frequency, 頻度ね. And this time we’ll use “確信副詞” to adjust
the level of certainity. So let’s practice and master them together.

Roza
▶︎ Repeat after us.
・We will defnitely come here again.
Next.
・We will surely come here again.
・We will certainly come here again.

David
▶︎ Great work. Keep it up!
・Maybe he’s off sick.
・Perhaps he’s off sick.

Roza
▶︎ And one more.
・He possibly forgot about us.
・He possibly forgot about us.

David
▶︎ Unlock your potential.

Roza
▶︎ Repetition is the key.

Roza & David
▶︎ Great work.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Yeah, I was lost.

David
▶︎ Oh, I’ve never heard that before.

Words and Phrases

① be off sick
👉病欠だ
② take a wrong turn
👉道・方向をあやまる

これで、Lesson 209 は終了。