Choice of Happiness Week #24

Step #2~ Polite Question Review #1

Sounds good now…

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We will start off with the same first 2 as usual…

1.     #1, & #2, please

#1 ~ “Kore ijō atsuku naru deshou ka?” ~

*Could it be any hotter?

#2 ~ “Ame wa motto hageshiku furu no deshou ka?” ~

*Could it be raining any harder?

*Could it be raining any heavier?

*Could it be any rainier (so so)

*Could it rain any harder than this?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

2.     #3, #4, & #5, please

#3 ~ “akiraka ni / meihaku” ~ obvious

#4 ~ “Dare no me ni mo akiraka dayou?...

Bare bare dayou!” ~

(English = Motto akiraka ni naru deshou ka?)

*Could it be any more obvious?

#5 ~ “Anata wa koreijō baka ni naru darou?” ~

*Could you be any dumber?

*Could you be any more stupid?

*Could you be any stupider?

 (If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

How about the next 2….

3.     #6, & #7, please…

#6 ~ “Anata wa koreijō tsumaranai hito ni naru darou?” ~

*Could you be any more boring?

#7 ~ “Kore ijō waruku naru darou?” ~

*Could it be any worse?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

How about the next 2….

4.     #8, & #9, please…

#8 ~ “Anata wa kore ijō kawaiku naru deshou ka?” ~

*Could you be any cuter?

*Could you be any prettier?

#9 ~ “Anata wa kore ijō osoku naru deshou ka?” ~

*Could you be any later?

(If needed: Please make a note)

Step #4 ~ the …+ hikakukyu + the …

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1.     #10, please…

#10 ~ “Kare no koto o shirebashiruhodo suki ni natta” ~

*The more I got to know him the more I liked him

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now…

2.     #11, please…

#11 ~ “Natsu no ma ni nomimono o ureba uru hodo rieki ga fuemasu”

           The more drinks we can sell during the summer…

The higher our profits will be

 

The more drinks I sell during the summer…

The higher my profits will be

 

          The more drinks you can sell during the summer…

The higher your profits will be

Sounds good now…

3.     #12, please…

#12 ~ “Tsukarete iru to shūchū suru no ga muzukashiku narimasu.

Tsukarereba tsukareru hodo shūchū suru no ga

muzukashiku naru”

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

*The more tired I am, the more difficult it is to concentrate

*The more tired we are, the harder it is to focus

*The more tired you are, the harder it is to concentrate

 

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

4.     The last 1…. #13, please…

#13 ~ “Kuchi genka sureba suru hodo, karera wa okorimashita?”

*The more they argued, the angrier they got

*The more they argued, the angrier they were

*The more they quarreled, the angrier they got

*The more they quarreled, the angrier they became

 

Choice of Happiness Week #23

 

Step #2 ~ Polite Question Review #1

 

Sounds good now…

1.     #1, & #2, please

#1 ~ “Ippai 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

#3 ~ “Itsuka 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?

#4 ~ “Ririku 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…

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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…

#2 ~ The 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.     #3 ~ We 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 4^th 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