Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing

“It may be fake news.”

☆ 「〜kamo shiremasen」 is quasi “I think 〜 (but not sure).“ , and lesser degree of certainty in comparison with 「 〜deshou (e.g “I’ll bet...“)」.

[00: 08]

Hello everyone. How are you doing? Today(‘s topic) is “it may/might be....”.

[00:15]

There is a party tomorrow. Please answer followings with maybe or maybe not.

[00:21]

For example;Are you going to tomorrow’s party? / maybe → I may go.

Ready?

[00:30]

1. Is Erika san coming? / maybe

→ She may come.

2. Is Richard san also coming? / maybe

→ He may come.

3. Is Stephan san also coming? / maybe not

→ He may not come.

4. How about Alexander san? Are you going? / maybe

→ I may go.

5. How about Daniela san? Are you going? /maybe not

→ I may not go.

6. Are you, Yang san, also going? / well, may be

→ Well, I may go.

[01:40]

Repeat after me

1. I may eat lunch later.

2. I may take a day offor holiday) next month.

3. I may quit Karate.

4. I may not in time.

5. Suga san may not drink alcohol.

[02:57]

Apparently, Prime Minister Suga doesn’t drink alcohol, by the way.

[03:06]

When you’d like to say somebody may have done something, たta-form will be used.
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「それはフェイクニュースかもしれません。」

[00:08]

みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうは「〜かもしれません」です。

[00:15]

あした、パーティがあります。

Maybe or maybe notでこたえましょう。

[00:21]

たとえば、

あしたのパーティにいきますか。maybe

→ いくかもしれません。

いいですか。

[00:30]

1. エリカさんは きますか / maybe

→くるかもしれません。

2. リチャードさんもきますか / maybe

→ くるかもしれません。

3. シュテファンさんもきますか / maybe not

→ こないかもしれません。

4. アレクサンダーさんは?いきますか /maybe

→ いくかもしれません。

5. ダニエラさんは?いきますか / maybe not

→ いかないかもしれません。

6. ヤンさんもいきませんか /そうですね、may be

→ そうですね、いくかもしれません。

[01:40]

Repeat after me

1. ランチは あとで たべる かもしれません。

2. らいげつ、やすみをとる かもしれません。

3. からてをやめるかもしれません。

4. じかんに まにあわない かもしれません。

5. すがさんは おさけを のまない かもしれません。

[02:57]

ところで、すがしゅしょうは、おさけをのまないそうですよ。

[03:06]

When you’d like to say somebody may have done something, たta-form should be used.

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“I will bring you news.”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today we will practice using Japanese news. Try repeating and shadowing as if you were a newsreader.
[00:25]
News 1
A kindergarten will start a service, by which (kindergarten) uniforms can be borrowed from April next year. It’s a service that costs 500 yen every month for uniforms, etc., which is about 40% cheaper than buying (new ones). If a child grows up, uniform can be exchanged to a larger size. It reuses the uniforms of children who have graduated from the kindergarten. Parents, especially those with many kids, say it’s a good idea. ある幼稚園(ようちえん)で、来年(らいねん)4月(がつ)から、子(こ)どもの制服(せいふく)などを借(か)りることができるサービスを始(はじ)めます。 制服(せいふく)などを毎月(まいつき)500円で借(か)りられるサービスで、買(か)った場合(ばあい)より40%ぐらい安(やす)くなります。 子(こ)どもが大(おお)きくなった時(とき)は、大(おお)きいサイズに取(と)り替(か)えることもできます。卒業(そつぎょう)した子(こ)どもの制服(せいふく)をリサイクルします。とくに子(こ)どもが多(おお)い親(おや)は、いいアイデアだと言(い)っています。

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[4.Allegretto] Heading downhill??? -- Weather forecasts
“It looks like the weather is likely to decline.”
[00:09]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s
theme is weather. First, check the basic words and expressions.
Repeat after me
[00:20]
1. sunny
2. fine weather
3. cloudy
4. It rains.
5. light rain
6. downpour
7. The wind is blowing.
8. It’s snowing.
9. Snow piles up.
10. A typhoon is coming
11. A large typhoon is approaching.
12. A typhoon makes landfall.
So far so good?
Repeat after me
[01:57]
1. It’s a nice sunny day.
2. It’s sunny today./It’s a fine weather today.
3. It’s a nice weather without a cloud.
4. It’s dull/bleak/gloomy.
5. There are many clouds.
6. It’s raining lightly.
7. It’s drizzling. (=very light rainfall)
8. It’s raining heavily.
9. It’s been foggy since last night.
10. It was pouring down until just now.
11. It’s windy./There is a strong wind blowing.
12. It has been snowing since yesterday.
13. It snowed a lot./The snow piled up.
14. A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.
15. The typhoon made landfall in Japan last weekend.
16. Tokyo is right in the middle of the typhoon.
[05:01]
Now, answer as follows.
How is the weather over there?
rain
→ It’s rain.= It’s raining.
Ready?
[05:13]
1. How is the weather over there?
sunny
→ It’s sunny.
2. How is the weather over there?
bleak
→ It’s bleak (weather).
3. How is the rain now?
drizzling
→ It’s drizzling.
4. How is the rain now?
rain hard
→ It’s pouring down.
5. How about the wind?
strong
→ It’s very windy.
6. How about the snow? Did it pile up?
a lot
→ It snowed a lot./The snow piled up.
7. Where is the typhoon coming?
Kanto region
→ A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.
8. When did the typhoon land?
last weekend
→ Last weekend the typhoon made landfall.
[07:44]
How is the weather where you are now?
Repeat after me
[07:50]
1. It’s got cold since yesterday.
(hiekomu = get cold)
2. The temperature this morning was 12 degrees.
3. Today’s high temperature is 20 degrees.
4. The lowest temperature this morning was minus 2 degrees.
5. It will be mild weather from this afternoon.
6. It will be warm from tomorrow.
7. It’s going to drop to 3 degrees at night.
8. It’s getting warmer day by day.
9. It looks like the weather is going to decline at the beginning of the week.
(kudarizaka ni mukau = decline: typish weather expression. [kudarizaka = downhill, downward slope])
10. It looks like the midwinter cold will return next week.

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2.Andante][3.Moderato] 〜ないと
[00:07]
Hello everyone. How are you doing?
You are eating at the restaurant with your friends, having a good time. But it’s too late. You have to go home soon“.
“kaeranakereba narimasen.”
It’s long, isn’t it?
Instead, you can say,
[00:29]
→ Sorosoro kaeranaito (I have to go soon.)
You can use(say) it when you are talking to yourself.
Repeat after me
[00:39]
1. have to go
2. have come
3. have to walk
4. have to return/give back
5. have to read
6. have to write
7. have to drink
8. have to make
9. have to say
10. have to ask
11. have to apply
12. have to go back
13. have to replace
14. have to take care/be careful
15. have to eat
16. have to see/look at
17. have to go to bed
18. have to take exercise
19. have to study
20. have to clean
[03:41]
Now please rephrase the sentence as follows.
For example,
I have to go home soon.
→ I have to go home soon.
Ready?
[03:55]
1. → I have to go to work
2. → I have to take medicine.
3. → I have to return the book.
4. → I have to replace the battery.
5. → I have to eat more vegetables.
6. → I have to study hard.
[06:05]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example,
I will go soon.
→ I have to go soon.
OK?
[06:16]
1. I will return tomorrow.
→ I have to return tomorrow.
2. I will apply tomorrow.
→ I have to apply tomorrow.
3. I will make it now.
→ I have to make it now.
4. I will go and buy it now*.
→ I have to go and buy it now.
(*korekara = now, from now on)
5. I will book early.
→ I have to book early.
6. I will contact (sb.) immediately.
→ I have to contact (sb.) immediately.
7. I will ask by the end of the day.
→ I have to ask by the end of the day.
8. I will replace it by the day after tomorrow.
→ I have to replace it by the day after tomorrow.
9. I will memorize it by next month.
→ I have to memorize it by next month.
10. I will save money while I’m young.
→ I have to save money while I’m young.
Repeat after me
[09:23]
1. I always drive, so I have to walk more.
2. I haven’t been getting enough exercise lately, so I have to walk more.
3. I have an early morning tomorrow, so I have to go to bed soon.
4. I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately, so I have to go to bed soon today.
5. My friend is coming, so I have to clean my room.
6. I haven’t cleaned for a long time, so I have to clean.
7. It’s raw, so I have to eat it quickly.
(namamono = the perishables, raw food)
8. I haven’t eaten enough vegetables lately, so I have to eat salad.
9. I have to make dinner.
10. Today, I have to make dinner (= It’s my turn to make dinner today).

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[✐3. Moderato, 4.Allegretto] 行(い)ったり来(き)たり...
(Also try JS 13: I sing and dance, etc.)
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“Back and forth....”
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today we will practice various expressions using “〜tari〜tari shimasu”. Also, please refer to Japanese Swotter No. 13. Repeat after me
[00:23]
1. may go up or down.
2. may increase or decrease
3. may drink or not drink
4. may or may not have time
5. may come or not come
6. may go and not to go
7. sometime you can see or sometimes can’t
8. sometimes you can sit or sometimes can’t
[02:07]
Are you OK? Let’s check. Please make a sentence as follows. go, come → come and go Ready?
[02:20]
1. up, down → It may go up and down.
2. increase, decrease → It may increase and decrease.
3. drink, not drink → Sometimes I drink, sometimes I don’t.
4. have time, no time → Sometimes I have time, sometimes I don’t.
5. come, not come → S/he may come or not come.
6. go, not go → Sometimes I go, sometimes not go.
7. can see, can’t see → It may or may not be visible.
8. can sit, can’t sit → You may or may not be able to sit. [04:50] Now, listen the key words [KW] and repeat the sentence.
[04:56]
1. [KW] my kid’s grades, up, down
→ My kid’s grades go up and down.
(seiseki = acadmic results, grades)
2. [KW] our kid’s fever, rise, fall
→ My kid’s fever goes up and down, which makes me worry.
3. [KW] recently, weight gain, loss
→ I’ve been gaining and losing weight lately.
4. [KW] time to study, have, not have
→ Sometimes I have time to study, sometimes I don’t.
5. [KW] bus, on time, come, don’t come
→ This bus may or may not come on time.
6. [KW] part-time job, college, go, not go
→ I’m busy with my part- time job, so I sometimes go to college and sometimes I don’t.
7. [KW] weather, Mt.Fuji, visible, invisible
→ Depending on the weather, you may or may not be able to see Mt. Fuji.
8. [KW] this station, you can sit, you can’t
→ From this station, you may or may not be able to sit down(take a seat).
[08:00]
Are you busy every day? Let’s express it by using “going back and forth”.

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