Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Christmas Story 2025 #9

Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Check

 


Alright …Sounds good now…

How about the next 4….?

1.     #1, #2, #3, & #4, please….

#1 ~ “rajio de” ~ on the radio

#2 ~nyusu de” ~ on the news

#3 ~ “intaneto de” ~ on the internet

online

#4 ~ “terebi de” ~ on TV

(On = Tsushin / housou)

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about these next 4….?

2.     #5, #6, #7, & #8, please….

#5 ~Terebi de nani wo yatteimasu ka?” ~ What is on TV?

#6 ~ “(Terebi de) nani wo yatteimasu ka?” ~ What’s on?

#7 ~ “Ima terebi de yatteiru yo” ~ It is on TV now

#8 ~ “Ima (terebi de) yatteiru yo” ~ It’s on now

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about these next 2….?

3.     #9, & #10, please….

#9 ~ “Terebi de kore shika yattenai no?” ~

*Is this all that's on TV?

*Is this the only thing on TV?

*Is this only on TV?

#10 ~ (Terebi de) kore shika yattenai no?” ~

* “Is this all that’s on TV?”

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

How about these next 3….?

4.     #11, #12, & #13, please….

#11 ~ Aru ga chan'neru o kaeta toki…~

*When Al changed the channel…

#12 ~ Pegī ga terebi nan no eiga wo mite kōfun shiteimashita ka?” ~

*What movie WAS Peggy excited to see on TV?

#13 ~ Kanojo wa “It’s a Wonderful Life”

ga terebi de hōsō sareteiru no o mite kōfun shiteimashita?” ~

*She was excited to see “It’s a Wonderful, Life” was on TV

*She was excited to see “It’s a Wonderful, Life” on TV

*She was excited to see “It’s a Wonderful, Life” on

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #4 ~ Vocabulary Pages #2

Please turn your pages over



Ok now…

How about these next ones….

5.     #14, #15, & #16, please….

#14 ~ "Aru wa sore o mita totan…" ~

*As soon as Al saw it…

*As soon as Al saw that…

#15 ~ Kare wa Pegī ni nan to iimashita ka?'” ~

*What DID he say to Peggy?”

#16 ~ "Kare wa sono eiga ga kirai da to itta" ~

*He said that he hated that movie

*He said “I hate that movie!”

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

How about these next 2….

6.     #17, & #18, please….

#17 ~ "Pegi wa sore wo kiita toki ni, kare ni nani o tazunemashita ka?" ~

*When Peggy heard that, what DID she ask him?

#18 ~Douyatte “It’s a Wonderful Life” wo kirai ni nareru darou ka” ~

*How can you hate “It’s a Wonderful Life”?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

How about these last 3….

7.     #19, #20, & #21, please….

#19 ~ "Kare wa naze “t’s a Wonderful Life” wo kirai datta no?" ~

*Why DID he hate "It's a Wonderful Life?"

#20 ~Kare no jinsei wa ima made dou deshita ka?” ~

*How HAS his life been so far?

*How HAS his life been up until now?

#21 ~Kare no jinsei wa kore made hidokatta” ~

*His life has been horrible so far

*His life has been horrible up until now

*His life has been terrible so far

(If needed: Please make a note)

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Christmas Story 2025 #8

Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Check



Ok now…

A quick vocabulary check from last time…

2.     #1, & #2, please….

#1 ~ Pegī wa doko ni suwatte sorekara

Aru ni nani wo tazunemashita ka?~

*Where DID Peggy sit and then ask Al?

*Where DID Peggy sit and what did she ask Al?

#2 ~ Kanojo wa Aru no tonari ni suwatte,

“kore wa resuringu desu ka?” to tazunemashita.” ~

*She sat down next to Al and asked “Is this wrestling?”

*She sat down next to Al and asked if it was wrestling or not

*She sat next to Al and asked “Is this wrestling?”

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

How about these next ones….

3.     #3, #4, & #5, please….

#3 ~ Aru wa okotte nanto kotaemashita ka?” ~

*What DID Al answer angrily?

*Al got angry and what did he answer?

#4 ~ "Kare wa “Mochiron resuringu da yo” to itta" ~

*He said Of course it’s wrestling”

#5 ~ Pegī wa “mā, watashi wa resuringu wa

amari suki janai n dakedo” to itta.” ~

*Peggy said “Well, I don’t like wrestling very much”

*Peggy said “Well, I don’t really like wrestling”

*Peggy said “Well, I don’t like wrestling so much”

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

How about these next 4….

4.     #6, #7, #8, & #9, please….

#6 ~ Pegu, matte!” ~

*Peg, hold it!

*Peg, wait!

#7 ~ "Anata wa nani wo suru tsumori desu ka?" ~

*What are you going to do?

#8 ~Anata ga nani wo iisou ka mou wakatte imasu” ~

*I know what you are going to say

#9 ~ "Mōsukoshi shitara, anata wa kō iu deshou…." ~

*In a little while, you are going to say ….

*In a little while, you are going to say that

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright …Sounds good now…

How about the next 4….?

5.     #10, #11, #12, & #13, please….

#10 ~ “rajio de” ~ on the radio

#11 ~ “nyusu de” ~ on the news

#12 ~ “intaneto de” ~ on the internet

online

#13 ~ “terebi de” ~ on TV

  on the TV

(On = Tsushin / housou)

(If needed: Please make a note)

  

Step #4 ~ Vocabulary Pages #2

Please turn your pages over

 



Ok now…

Sounds good now…

How about these next 4….?

1.     #14, #15, #16, & #17, please….

#14 ~Terebi de nani wo yatteimasu ka?” ~ What is on TV?

#15 ~ “(Terebi de) nani wo yatteimasu ka?” ~ What’s on?

#16 ~ “Ima terebi de yatteiru yo” ~ It is on TV now

#17 ~ “Ima (terebi de) yatteiru yo” ~ It’s on now

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about these next 3….?

2.     #18, #19, & #20, please….

#18 ~ “Terebi de kore shika yattenai no?” ~

*Is this all that's on TV?

*Is this the only thing on TV?

*Is this only on TV?

#19 ~ Shibaraku suru to, pegī wa nani o iu nodeshou ka?” ~

*In a little while, what IS Peggy going to say?

#20 ~ "Kanojo wa “Kore shika yattenai no?” to i sou" ~

*She is going to say “Is this all that’s on?”

*She is going to say “Is this the only thing on?”

*She is going to say “Is this all that’s on TV?”

(If needed: Please make a note)


Sounds good now…

(Change picture #10)

We go back to our vocabulary check and…

1.     #21, & #22, please….

#21 ~ ~wo saseru ~ #1 ~ let

#2 ~ make

#22 ~ “Pegu ga kore shika yattenai no?” to itta toki ni” ~

*When Peg says “Is this all that’s on?”

*After Peg says “Is this all that’s on?”

(If needed: Please make a note)


Sounds good now…

We go back to our vocabulary check and…

2.     #23, & #24, please….

#23 ~ “Kanojo wa kare ni nani o sase you to shite,

soshite naze deshita ka?” ~

*What WAS she going to make him do and WHY?

#24 ~ “Kanojo wa kare ni chan'neru wo

kae saseru tsumori deshita” ~

*She was going to make him change the channel

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

 



Christmas Story 2025 #9

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