Understanding conversations - 簡単な文章を理解する
- 3. Understanding Conversation Flow of conversation Conversational expressions How conversation changes with situations How to ask questions How to ask for confirmation
- 4. Flow of English Conversation English Japanese A: Greeting (a question) B: Greeting (a question) A: Offering a topic to others B: Offering a topic to others A: Details about the topic B: Details about the topic A: Greeting B: Greeting A: Questions to others B: Questions to others A: A vague answer B: A vague answer
- 5. Types of Sentences Casual Business Questions Do you know if/what~? Would you happen to know if/what~? Confirmation See you around 7, cool? So I'll be seeing you at 7:00 PM, right? Great. Opinions Well, that's what I think. It's only an opinion, but ~.
- 6. Types of Sentences Casual Business Agreement (That) sounds good to me. What a great idea! Underlying Emotions Can I call you later? We'll be in touch with you.
- 7. Acquiring Important Grammar for Conversations • Break down nominalized words • Leads to smoother English • Just translating isn’t enough
- 8. Acquiring Important Grammar for Conversations • Without proper grammar, expressions wont make sense • Relative pronouns give detail
- 9. Acquiring Important Grammar for Conversations 1. Relative Pronouns Sentence 1: In this case, we need agreement of all project related people. Sentence 2: In this case, we need to have the agreement of all people who are involved in this project.
- 10. Acquiring Important Grammar for Conversations 2. Prepositions and Infinitives Prepositions Example: 私には、赤毛の娘がいます。 Unnatural English: I have a red hair's daughter. Natural English: I have a daughter with red hair.
- 11. Acquiring Important Grammar for Conversations 2. Prepositions and Infinitives "To ~" Infinitives Vague English: "Itadakimasu" is a Japanese phrase for expressing appreciation. Clear English: "Itadakimasu" is a Japanese phrase used before eating a meal to express appreciation for your food.
- 13. Listening : Level 5
Editor's Notes
- #12: b) "to ~" Infinitives (ex: to do) Depending on the different information that you are disassembling and analyzing to explain, you can decide which to use: prepositions or infinitives. ex: vague English: "Itadakimasu" is Japanese phrase for express appreciation. clear English: "Itadakimasu" is a Japanese phrase used before eating a meal to express appreciation for your food.
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