2016年2月18日木曜日

単数複数

Water freezes at 0 degrees celsius.
Water doesn't freeze at 1 degree celsius.


zero hour(0時)
zero hours(ゼロ時間)


That tree has no leaves.
There was no room for me to sleep.


There is no flour.
There are no flowers.
There are no pens.

2016年2月17日水曜日

ちょうど

I was just about to say that. ちょうど今、言おうとしていたところです

There's...There's no...There isn't any...











肯定文
There is a telephone.単数(可算名詞)
There is some water.単数(不可算名詞)
There are some books.複数


否定分
There isn't a telephone.単数(可算名詞)
There is no telephone.


There isn't any money. 単数(不可算)赤部を強く発音
There is no money.


There are no pens.複数
There aren't any pens.




疑問文(1)
Is there a heater? 単数(可算)
Is there any water?単数(不可算)
Are there any guide books?複数






疑問文(2)
Where is the heater?単数(可算)
Where is the water?単数(不可算)
Where are the guide books?複数


There is no coffee./No. I was just about to make some.
There aren't any meetings tomorrow./No. Everyone's out on-site.





2016年2月8日月曜日

しょうがない・仕方ない

It's nobody's fault.
It can't be helped.

2016年2月3日水曜日

経験

When I was young, I was doing a lot of different part-time jobs as trial job to gain practical experience and got an idea about where to work in the future.

帰り道

I'm way on my home.
It's on the way home from my office.

できない

できなかった
I was going to cook chicken curry, but I couldn't. There was no chicken nor curry roux in the fridge.

All this talk of food makes me hungry.

動名詞

I finished cleaning my room.
He hasn't finished writing his article yet.
Did you enjoy traveling in Italy?

seem

You seem to be a bit down today.

down

You seem to be a bit down today.

2016年2月2日火曜日

forget

I completely forgot about your coming over as I've been so busy these days.