2021913 Monday  

Hey, everyone.  秋乃ろーざ here.

Chris McVay, here. ろーざ, you don’t think I’m crazy, do you?

Of course I do. But it’s okay. I love you anyway.

Lesson 111 you probably think I’m crazy for dumping her, right?


Well, I think you’re reading too much into it!

*read too much into 深読みしすぎる


I stopped seeing her.

*stop が、何か具体的な事態が起こっていることを連想させる

その連想が、生き生きとした行為を表すverb -ing 形を求める

こうした動詞 reality verb

*stop / finish 終える/ enjoy 楽しむ/ give up諦める

 

I didn’t want to be the one to get dumped.

*want + to infinitive

これから ~したい と これから を強く連想させる

*to infinitive の to は矢印→ をイメージとし、これから を強く暗示する

*want to infinitive の強固なcombinationが生まれる

こうした動詞 これから動詞

*want これから~したい/ decide これから~することを決める

/ promise これから~することを約束する

 

You probably think I’m crazy for dumping her, right?

あなたは恐らく、私が彼女をふるなんて正気ではないと思っていますよね?

Okay, guys. Ready to practice? Let’s look at this key sentence. You probably think I’m crazy for dumping her, right? I want you to focus on the position of “probably.” It comes before “think,” okay? So from a native speaker’s point of view, this “You probably”, stop, opens the door to all kinds of things “think I’m crazy for dumping her.” So we focus on this position. You probably… think I’m crazy for dumping her, right? So, try that together. You probably think I’m crazy for dumping her, right? Try! Once more together! You probably think I’m crazy for dumping her, right? Try! Excellent! Well done!

 

We will definitely vote for you. 私たちは絶対あなたに投票します

We will surely vote for you.  私たちはきっとあなたに投票します

We will certainly vote for you. 私たちはきっとあなたに投票します

Perhaps we will vote for you.      恐らく私たちはあなたに投票します

 

Hey, so Chris. Do you often use emoji in your emails?

No, hardly ever.

What about you, sensei?

I don’t use emoji because I don’t write emails in the first place.

That reminds me of his promises. Yeah!

 

Bye.