Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Choice of Happiness Week #23

 

Step #~ Polite Question Review #1

 


Sounds good now…

1.     #1& #2, please

#1Ippai ikaga desu ka? (keigo)

*Would you like to have a drink?

*Would you like a drink?

*Would you like something to drink?

#2 ~ Itsukaisshoninomimasen ka? (keigo)

 *Would you like to grab a drink sometime?

*Would you like to get a drink sometime?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Now….

2.     #3, #4, please

#3Itsuka kōhī ippai demo nomimasen ka? (keigo)

*Would you like to get a cup of coffee sometime?

*Would you like to grab a cup of coffee sometime?

#4Ririku mae ni nanika o nomimono wa ikaga deshou ka?(keigo)

*Would you like anything to drink before takeoff?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

How about the next 2….

3.     #5, #6, please…

#5 ~Kankoku-go wo manabitai desu ka? (keigo)

*Would you like to learn Korean?

#6 ~Hai, Kankoku-go wo manabitai desu (keigo)

*Yes, I would like to learn Korean

*Yes, I would.

(If needed: Please make a note)


 

Alright now…

How about the next 2….

5.     #7, #8, please…

#7 ~Kore ijō atsuku naru deshou ka?

*Could it be any hotter?

#8 ~Ame wa motto hageshiku furu no deshou ka?

*Could it be raining any harder?

*Could it be raining any heavier?

*Could it rain any harder than this?

*Could it be any rainier (so so)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

6.     #9, #10, please

#9 ~akiraka ni meihaku” ~ obvious

#10 ~Dare no me ni mo akiraka da you?...

Bare bare dayou!

(English = motto akiraka ni naru deshou ka?)

*Could it be any more obvious?

(If needed: Please make a note)


Alright now…

1.     #11, #12, please…

#11 ~Kono heya wa kore ijou chirakaru deshou ka?

*Could this room be any messier?

#12 ~Kono heya wa kore ijou kitanaku naru deshou ka?

*Could this room get any dirtier?

*Could this room be any dirtier?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

The last 2….please….

2.     #13, #14, please…

#13 ~Kore ijou waruku naru deshou ka?

*Could it get any worse?

*Could it be any worse?

#14 ~Kore ijou yoku naru deshou ka?

*Could it get any better?

*Could it be any better?

(If needed: Please make a note)



Step #3 ~ the+ hikakukyu + the

 

Sounds good now…

(Change picture #54)

1.     #1, please…

#1 ~I don’t like this hot weather.  

the hotter it gets the worse I feel

the hotter it gets the worse it is

 

Alright now….

#2, please…

#2The more I got to know him.... 

(Kare no koto o shirebashiruhodo suki ninatta ….)

the more I liked him

the less I liked him

 

Ok now…

The next one…

#3, please…

2.     #3We need to improve sales.

2.    The more drinks we can sell during the summer…

the higher our profits will be

the more our profits will be

the better our profits will be

 

Ok and....

How about the 4th one…

#4, please…

3.     #4 ~It is hard for me to concentrate when I am tired.

(Tsukarerebatsukareruhodo, muzukashikunaru)

the more tired I am, the tougher it is

the more tired I am, the tougher it is to concentrate

the more tired I feel, the tougher it is to concentrate


Sounds good now...

How about the next one…

4.     #5 ~ She had to wait for a long time.

4.The longer she waited,

the more impatient she became

 

Ok now…

The next one…

#6, please…

5.     #6 ~The more they argued,

the....angrier they got

the....angrier she got

 




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Choice of Happiness Week #23

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