Thursday, February 12, 2026

Christmas Story 2025 #7

 Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Check



Ok now…

A quick vocabulary check from this section……

1.     #1, & #2, please….

#1 ~ shinji you to, shinjimai to /

     Shinjirarenai kamoshirenai kedo~ believe it or not (idiom)

#2 ~ Shinjirarenai kamoshiremasen ga…

Watashitachi wa hasan shimashita” ~

*Believe it or not….we are broke

*Believe it or not….we are bankrupt

*Believe it or not….we are broken

(If needed: Please make a note)


Ok now…

How about these next ones….

1.     #3, #4, #5, & #6, please….

#3 ~ Al wa tabemono ga hoshikatta” ~

*Al wanted food

*Al wanted some food

#4 ~ "Kare wa yūshoku o tsukuritaku nakatta" ~

*He didn’t want to cook dinner

*He didn’t want to make dinner

#5 ~ Aru wa Pegī ni nani o yatte hoshitakatta?” ~

*What DID Al want Peggy to do?

#6 ~ "Kare wa kanojoni yūshoku o tsukutte hoshikatta" ~

*He wanted her to cook dinner

*He wanted her to make dinner

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

How about these 4….

2.     #7, #8, #9, & #10, please….

#7 ~ Aru wa pegī ni nani o ageta?” ~

*What DID Al give Peggy?

#8 ~Kare wa kanojo ni tabemono o kau tame no okane o ageta” ~

*He gave her money to buy food

#9 ~ "Kare wa kanojo ni tabemono o kau okane o ageta" ~

*He gave her money for food

#10 ~"Kanojo wa tabemono o kau tame ni okane wo moratta" ~

*She got money to buy food

(If needed: Please make a note)



Ok now…

(Change picture #35)

We go back to our vocabulary check…and…

1.     #11, #12, #13, #14, & #15, please….

#11 ~ kongan suru” ~ beg

beg + O + to + doushi

beg + to + doushi

beg + for + meishi

#12 ~ Pegī wa kare ni nani o moraeru tame ni kongan shita no?” ~

*What DID Peggy beg him for?

#13 ~ “Kanojo wa kare ni motto okane o kureru yō ni kongan shita” ~

#1 ~ beg + O + to + doushi

*She begged him to give her more money

#14 ~ "Kanojo wa okane no tame ni kongan shita" ~

*She begged for money

*She begged for more money

*She begged him for money

#15 ~"Kanojyo wa motto okane wo moraeru you ni kongan shita" ~

*She begged to get more money

(If needed: Please make a note)


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Ok now…

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The next 3, please…

1.     #16, #17, & #18, please….

#16 ~ "Danko toshite yuzuranai" ~

*Put your foot down

#17 ~ "Kare wa dankotoshite, mo okane wo agenai to iimashita" ~

*He put his foot down and said No more money!

*He put his foot down and said I won’t give you any more money!

*He put his foot down and said no more money

*He put his foot down and said he wouldn’t give any more money

#18 ~ "Haha wa danko toushite, seiseki ga agaru made ge-mu suru no wo      

              koto o kinjimashita" ~

*My mom put her foot down and said I couldn't play games

until my grades improved

*My mom put her foot down and said “Until your scores  increase, you can’t play games!”

*My mom put her foot down and said “Don’t play games until your scores go up”

*My mom put her foot down and said “No games until your grades go up”

(If needed: Please make a note)


Alright now….

How about these next ones…

1.     #19, #20, & #21, please….

#19 ~ ~no furi wo suru” ~ pretend

#20 ~ Kanojo wa nan no furi o shita, soshite naze deshou ka?” ~ 

    *What DID she pretend to do and WHY?

#21 ~ "Kanojo wa kushami wo suru furi o shite,

       Aru ni reji o akeru oto ga kikoenai yō ni” ~

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear her open the register

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear the register open

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear the sound of the register opening

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

How about these next ones…

2.     #22, & #23, please….

#22 ~ Kanojo wa nan no furi o shita, soshite naze deshou ka?” ~ 

     *What DID she pretend to do and WHY?

#23 ~ Kanojo wa seki wo suru furi o shite,

          Aru ni reji o shimeru oto ga kikoenai yō ni” ~

     *She pretended to cough so that Al couldn’t hear her close the register

     *She pretended to cough so that Al couldn’t

hear the sound of the register closing

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

How about these last ones….

3.     #24, & #25, please….

#24 ~ "~shita hou ga ii" ~ should (+) (teian)

#25 ~ "shinakerebanaranai" ~ have to

#26 ~ "~shita hou ga ii" ~ had better (-) (teian with batsu)

#27 ~ “Kanojo wa nani wo shita hou ga iī ?” ~ (-)

*What HAD she better do?

*What HAD she better to do?

#28 ~ Kanojo wa sekidome o nonda hō ga ī” ~ (-)

*She had better take some medicine for her cough

*She had better take some cough medicine

*She had better take some cough medicine for her cough

*She had better take something for that cough

*She had better to take some cough medicine

(If needed: Please make a note)




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