Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review
OK now…
1.
Please read this one…..
Hikaku-kyū no mae ni tsukaeru goku
OK now…
These ones in English, please…
2.
#1, & # 2, please
Big Difference
#1 ~ “~yori zuibun” ~ #1 ~
much
#2 ~ a lot
#3 ~ far
#4 ~ way
Small
Difference
#2 ~ “~yori sukoshi” ~ #1
~ a bit
#2 ~ a little
#3 ~ slightly
#4 ~ not much
(If needed: Please make a note)
OK now…
Alright
now...
How about
the next 2...
3.
#3, &
#4, please
#3
~ “Fāmāzumāketto
no kakaku wa sūpāmāketto no kakaku yori zutto yasui desu.” ~
*The prices at farmer’s markets are much cheaper than prices
at supermarkets
*The prices at farmer’s markets are much cheaper than the
prices at supermarkets
*The prices at the farmer’s markets are much cheaper than at
the supermarket
*The prices at the farmer’s markets are way cheaper than
supermarket prices.
*The prices at the farmer’s markets are much better than
those at supermarkets
*The price of a farmer’s market is much better than a supermarket
*The price of a farmer’s market is a lot cheaper than a supermarket
#4 ~ “Atarashī moderu wa mae no yori
mo sukoshi ōku no sutorējisupēsu ga aru” ~
*The new models have slightly more storage space than the previous ones.
*The new models have slightly more storage space than the old ones.
*The new model has slightly more storage space than the previous ones.
*The new model has a little more storage space than the previous ones.
*The new models have a bit more storage space than the previous ones.
*The new models have slightly
more storage space than before
(If needed: Please make a note)
Step #3 ~ Get + adj = change
OK now…
1.
Please read this one…..
Hikaku-kyū and hikaku-kyū' wa,`masumasu' to iu
renzoku-tekina henka o arawasu.
Alright now…
How about the next 2….
2.
#5, & #6, please
#5
~
“kanzei” ~ tariff
#6 ~ “Daitōryō
no kangae wa masumasu okashiku natte kiteiru” ~
*The president’s ideas have been getting crazier and crazier
*The president’s ideas are getting crazier and crazier
*The president’s ideas are getting stranger and stranger
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright now…
3.
#7, & #8, please
#7 ~ “seisan” ~ production
#8 ~ “Kanzei no sei de
seisan kosuto wa masumasu takaku natte kuru” ~
*Production costs are going to get higher and higher because
of
the
tariffs.
*Production costs will get more and more expensive because of
tariffs.
(If needed: Please make a note)
Sounds
good now…
4.
#9, #10, #11, #12, & #13, please
#9 ~ “Yosoku kanō na” ~ predictable
#10 ~ “Yosoku
fukanō na” ~ unpredictable
#11 ~ “toshi suru” ~ invest
#12 ~ “toshika” ~ investor
#13 ~ “Daitōryō ga
masumasu yosoku fukanō ni natte kiteiru nano de,
tōshi-ka-tachi
wa dou shitara ii ka wakaranai.” ~
*Investors don’t know what to do because the president has
been
getting
more and more unpredictable.
*Investors don’t know what to do because the president is
getting
more and more unpredictable.
*Investors don’t know what they should do because the
president
has
been getting more and more unpredictable.
*The president is getting more and more unpredictable and so
investors
don't know what they should do
(If needed: Please make a note)
Step #4 ~ Any / no + comparative
OK now…
5.
Please read this one…..
Any / no + Hikakukyu (any longer / no bigger nado)
OK now…
These ones in English, please…
6.
#14, & #15, please
#14 ~ “sore ijō hirokunai
/ sore yori hirokunai” ~
#1 ~ not any more spacious
#2 ~ no more spacious
#15 ~ “Atarashī apāto wa
mae no apāto yori hirokunai” ~
#1 ~ My new apartment isn't any more spacious than
my last apartment
My
new apartment isn't any
more spacious than the old one
My
new apartment isn't any
more spacious than my old one
My
new apartment isn't any
more spacious than my previous one
#2 ~ My new apartment no more spacious than my last
apartment
My
new apartment no
more spacious than my last apartment
My
new apartment no
more spacious than before
(If needed: Please make a note)
Sounds good now…
8.
#16, & # 17, please
#16 ~ “Nani wo itteru no?” ~ What are you talking about?
#17
~ “Nani
ga iitai no? ~ What are you saying?
*What do you want to say?
(If needed: Please make a note)
Sounds
good now…
10.#18, & # 19, please
#18 ~ “Nani wo
itta no? ~ What did you say?
#19 ~ “Iu no wa
kantan da yo!” ~ That’s easy for you to say
That’s easy to say
(If needed: Please make a note)
Sounds
good now…
12.#20, & #21, please
#20 ~ “Doushite so
iwanakatta no? ~ Why didn’t you say so?
#21 ~ “Dosei sou deshou” ~ If you say so
(If needed: Please make a note)
Alright
and…
The last
2, please….
14.#22, & # 23, please
#22
~ “Dou
iu imi? ~ What do you mean?
*What does it mean?
#23
~ “Nan
de sou itta no? ~ Why did you say that?
(If
needed: Please
make a note)
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