Ross 2023 Week #26 Vocabulary & Grammar

 

Step #2 ~ The Bad Mother

21 ~26 minute-mark

 

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Do you remember these vocabulary words from last time…

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please

#1 ~ “heiten” ~ closed

#2 ~ “haigyou suru” ~ go out of business

going out of business

#3 ~ “tousan suru / hasan suru” ~ go bankrupt

#4 ~ “hasan suru (change)” ~ go into bankruptcy (noun)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

2.     #5, #6, & #7, please

#5 ~ “~no sei” ~ fault (meishi)

#6 ~ “~no sei ni suru” ~ blame (doushi)

#7 ~ “Restaurant ga haigyou shita no wa dare no sei deshita ka?”

*Whose fault WAS it that the restaurant went out of business?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

The next 2, please…..

3.     #8, & #9, please

#8 ~ “Manajya no sei datta” ~

*It was the manager’s fault

#9 ~ “Staff ga manager no sei ni shita” ~

*The staff blamed the manager

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

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A quick grammar review from last time…..

4.     Please read

The roof of Lisa’s house was damaged in the storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it

Yesterday a worker came and did the job.

Lisa had the roof repaired yesterday

 

Please read

#1 ~ Lisa repaired the roof           (Risa wa yane wo naoshita)

#2 ~ Lisa had the roof repaired   (Risa wa yane wo naoshite moratta)

#3 ~ Lisa got the roof repaired    (Risa wa yane wo naoshite moratta)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

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Please read the next one…

A.     Did Ann make the cake herself, or did she have it made?

       *She had it made.

B.      Are you going to repair the car yourself?

        *No, I am going to have it repaired.

 

Alright now…

Please make a note for the pattern….

#1 ~ Have + mokutekigo + kakobunshi

#2 ~ Have + mokutekigo (person) + Genkei doushi

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Example Section

 

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2.     #10, & #11, please

#10 ~ “Yane wo naoshite morau” ~

#1 ~ I will have the roof fixed

#2 ~ I will get the roof fixed

#11 ~ “Dareka ni yane wo naoshite morau” ~

#1 ~ I will have someone fix the roof

#2 ~ I will get someone to fix the roof

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

#12, please…

5.     #12 ~ “Risa ha yane wo naoshite moratta”

#1 ~ Lisa had the roof fixed.

#2 ~ Lisa got the roof fixed.

 

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How about the next one…

#13, please…

6.     #13 ~ “Doko de kami wo kitte moratta no?”

#1 ~ Where DID you have your hair cut?

#2 ~ Where DID you get your hair cut?

 

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How about the next one…#14, please…

7.     #14 ~ “Watashitachi no kinjyo wa sakki eakon wo sechi shite moratta bakari”

*Our neighbours just had an air conditioner installed

*Our neighbours have just had an air conditioner installed

*Our neighbours have just gotten an air conditioner installed

 

Alright …good…now…

#15, please…

8.     #15 ~ “Doregurai no hindo de kuruma no seibi wo shite moratteiru no”

*How often do you have your car serviced?

*How often do you have your car checked?

*How often do you get your car checked?

*How often do you have your car inspected?

 

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How about the next one…#16, please…

9.     #16 ~ “Watashitachi wa chodo ima, ie ni penki wo shite moratteiru”

*We are having the house painted at the moment.

*We are having the house painted right now

*We are having our house painted right now

*We are having the house painted now

*We are GETTING the house painted at the moment.

*We are just having the house painted now

 

Ok….

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Just a few more…

#17, please…

10.#17 ~ “Nande sono jyaketto wo kuri-ningu shite morawanai no?”

*Why don’t you have that jacket dry cleaned?

*Why don’t you have that jacket cleaned?

*Why don’t you have your jacket dry cleaned?

*Why don’t you GET that coat dry cleaned?

 

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How about the last one…

#18, please…

11.#18 ~ “Watashi wa shashin wo totte moratteiru no ga suki jyanai”

*I don’t like having my picture taken

*I don’t like GETTING my picture taken

I like running

I don’t like running

I don’t like having my picture taken

 

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12.Please read

#1 ~ Lisa had the roof repaired yesterday.

#2 ~ Where DID you have your hair cut?

#3 ~ Our neighbours have just had air conditioning installed in their house.

#4 ~ We are having the house painted at the moment.

#5 ~ How often do you have your car serviced?

#6 ~ Why don’t you have that coat cleaner?

#7 ~ I don’t like having my picture taken.

 

30 ~ 37 minute-mark

 

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Do you remember this one from last time…

Why DID the Pizza Hut go out of business?

13.What DID the manager have put into the restaurant?

*He had a drink bar put into the Pizza Hut

*He had a drink bar put into the restaurant

*He had a drink bar put into the shop

*He got a drink bar put into the restaurant

*He had a drink bar installed in the restaurant

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

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A quick restaurant check…

#19, & #20, please

14.#19 ~ “okawari dekimasu (okawari ga aru)” ~ They have free refills

#20 ~ “Sono mise wa nomihodai ga aru” ~ They have all-you-can-drink

The shop has all-you-can-drink

 

OK…and the last ones…

15.#21, #22, & #23, please

#21 ~ “Sono mise wa tabehodai ga aru” ~ They have all-you-can-eat

#22 ~ “Asagohan wa tabehoudai” ~ Breakfast is all-you-can eat

#23 ~ “Asagohan wa byuffe sutairu desu ka?”

*Is the breakfast buffet style?

 

35 ~ 40 minute-mark

 

Ross 2023 Week #23 Vocabulary Check

 

　　　　Step #2 ~Review Section BBQ

Sounds good now…

This week…. We will start with another quick vocab check….

#1 ~ “Into” can show “Entrance”

Pattern:  Verb + into + noun

“Douyatte, ~ni haeru ka….”

*How someone or something enters somewhere or something

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

1.     #1, #2, & #3, please

#1 ~ “Watashitachi wa kare no ofisu ni haerimashita” ~

*We went into his office.

#2 ~ “Watashitachi wa mainichi kuruma de machi e ikimasu” ~

*We drive into town every day.

*We go into town every day by car

*We go into town by car every day

*We go into town every day by my car

#3 ~ “Dorobo ga mise ni shinnyu shimashita” ~

*A robber broke into the store

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

How about these next ones…

2.     #4, #5, & #6, please

#4 ~ “Kanojo wa gurasu ni juusu wo sosoida”

*She poured juice into the glass

*She poured the juice into the glass

#5 ~ “Kare wa guriruni chakkazai o ireta”

*He put lighter fluid into the grill

*He put lighter fluid into the grill

#6 ~ “Kare wa ii daigaku ni nyuugaku shita”

*He got into a good university

(If needed: Please make a note)

#1 ~ “Into” can show “contact”

Pattern:  Verb + INTO + noun

“Douyatte A ga B ni butsukaru ka….”

*It can show how A hit B

*It can show how A hits B

(If needed:  Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

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2.     #7, #8, & #9, please

#7 ~ “Dareka ga kare wo po-runioshitebutsuketa” ~

*Someone pushed him into a pole

*Someone pushed him into the pole

#8~“Kesa, kanojyo wa te-buru ni aruite butsukatta” ~

*This morning, she walked into a table

*This morning, she walked into the table

*This morning, she bumped into the table

#9 ~ “Kare wa kuruma de ki ni shoutotsu shita” ~

*He drove into a tree

*He drove into the tree

*He crashed into the tree

(If needed: Please make a note)

Alright now…

(Change picture #6)

We have a new idiom

3.     Please read these ones…

#1 ~ “Hito wo kokitsukatte dame nisuru”

#2 ~ “Tsukai sugite kowasu”

#3 ~ “Hasan suru hodo kanri wo okotaru”… in English, please….

Run something or someone into the ground

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

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4.     What does it mean?

Please read

Meaning of Idiom “Run Into the Ground”

1. To run something into the ground is to manage it so badly that it is ruined and fails; to ruin or destroy something, usually a business or organization.

 

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There is 1 more…

5.     Please read

Run yourself into the ground

1. to make yourself very tired by working too much:

We ran ourselves into the ground to meet the July deadline.

 

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5.     Please listen to these clips for a second…

#1 ~Yeah…by running its employees into the ground

#2 ~ We run this city into the ground

#3 ~ You run the business into the ground

#4 ~ You are running it into the F**ing ground

#5 ~ and run this city into the ground

#6 ~ The Mata brothers. They're dead... because...

they were running this city into the ground.

#1 ~ “Into” can show “Division”

Pattern:  Verb + noun + into + (number) + noun

“Douyatte, nani ni mata wa ikutsu ni wakerareru….”

*It can show how, the number and what something is divided into.

*It can show how, how much, and what something is divided into.

*It can show how, what, and the number something is divided into.

*It can show how, what, and how many something is divided into.

*It can show how, the number and what something is separated into.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

43 ~48 minute-mark

 

Alright now…

6.     #10, #11, & #12, please

#10 ~ “Cheesecake wo 5 kirenikittahou ga ii”

*You should cut the cheesecake into 5 pieces

#11 ~ “Kabin ga konagona ni waremashita”

*The vase broke into a million pieces

*The vase broke into many pieces

#12 ~ “Moto kare kara moratta tegami wo barabaraniyabuita”

#1 ~ She ripped up the letters she got from her ex-boyfriend

into many pieces

She ripped up the letters from her ex-boyfriend into a million pieces

#2 ~ She tore up the letters she got from her ex-boyfriend

into many pieces

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

#1 ~ “Into” can show “Interest”

Pattern:  BE + INTO + noun

“Nani ni kyoumi ga aru ka….”

*It can show what someone is interested in.

*It can show what someone is into.

*It can show what you are interested in.

*It can show what you are into.

 (If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

6.     #13, #14, & #15, please

#13 ~ “Kanojyo no dannasan wa suguku football ni hamatteriu”

*Her husband is into football

*Her husband is really into football

#14 ~ “Kare wa fashion ni hamatteiru”

*He is into fashion

#15 ~ “Anata wa nani ni hamatteiru no?”

*What are you into?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

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7.     Please listen to these clips for a second…

#1 ~So…. What are you into?

#2 ~ What are you into?

#3 ~ What do you like?  What are you into?

#4 ~ Sooo….What are you into?

#5 ~ So…Tell me…What are you into Mike?

 

Ok now....

8.     #16, #17, & #18, please

#16 ~ “mitsukeru” ~ #1 ~ find

#2 ~ found

#3 ~ found

#17 ~ “sagasu” ~ look for

#18 ~ “shiraberu” ~ look up

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

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How about the next 3…

7.     #19, #20, & #21, please

#19 ~ “chosa suru / bunseki suru” ~ look into

#20 ~ “chosa suru / kakunin suru” ~ check into

#21 ~ “hoteru ni chekku in suru” ~ check into a hotel

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok and….

The last 3….

9.     #22, #23, & #24, please

#22 ~ “haretsu suru” ~ #1 ~ burst

#2 ~ burst

#3 ~ burst

#23 ~ “houno” ~ a flame

#24 ~ “moeagaru” ~ burst into flames

(If needed: Please make a note)