GENIE Enjoy English

「なが～い一週間だった」 in English is…

It`s been a long week.

or…

長い一日だった is…

It`s been a long day.

“It`s”  は It + has の省略ですね。

And, to tell the truth, it`s been a long week for me….(-.-;)   So this is gonna be a short blog ^ – .   But the weekend is here and now I`m gonna relax!  I`ll write another blog on Monday.  See ya!

Bob     http://lic-eikaiwa.blogspot.com/

To talk about what makes you happy in English use this pattern↓↓

名詞・名詞句・動名詞　＋　makes me happy.

for example…

Chocolate makes me happy.     (名詞の主語)

or

Eating chocolate makes me happy.     (動名詞の主語)

ボブ先生の答えは・・・＾＾

Drinking with friends makes me happy.

Winning at poker makes me happy.

Playing guitar makes me happy.     (see picture→)

Teaching English makes me happy.     (see picture→)

Good food makes me happy.

主語が複数形だったら・・・

Children make me happy.     (動詞に「ｓ」を付けない)

Warm sunny days make me happy.

So…what makes you happy??  Please leave a comment and let us know!!

Bob

…the choco-beer!!    

Yesterday was Valentine`s Day and I got a lot of chocolate.  So…

Thanks for all the chocolate!

Also, I got a choclate-flavored beer from Germany.  So…

 thanks, Toshie, for the choco-beer!!    

（写真を見て→　超ラブラブだよな？^ – ♥♥♥）

I had a nice Valentine`s Day.  みなさん、素敵なバレンタインデイありがとう！　In English…

“Thanks, everyone, for a lovely Valentine`s Day.” 

I hope you all had a great day, too…

In English it`s easy to say thank you.  Here is the pattern↓↓

Thanks/Thank you + for + 名詞/名詞句/動名詞

Here are more examples…

Thanks for everything.     （色々ありがとうございます）

Thanks for taking me to the movies.     (映画ありがとう）

Thanks for dinner. 

Thanks for being so kind.

Thanks for the email. 

And finally….

Thanks for reading this blog!  ( このブログを読んでくれてありがとう！）     お礼に無料体験レッスンを受けてから Thanks for the trial lesson って言ってくれれば入学金なしにします！￥１５，０００ オフ ですよ！！So please come in for a fun and active 無料体験レッスン！！

Bob     http://lic-eikaiwa.blogspot.com/     ←Check out New Genie pictures and New Genie`s unique and fun 交流イベント information here.

Hi everybody and HAPPY 建国記念日！！　(In English, “Happy Birthday, Japan!?!?  って言えばいいかな・・・？？？）

Anyway, today let`s practice a very common phrase in everyday English converstaion and emails (business emails, too!):

I was wondering + if  + 文     or     I was wondering + who/what/when/where/why/how/which の関係節

For example…

I`m calling/emailing you `cause I was wondering if you`re coming to the party tomorrow.  （明日パティに来るのかな・・・と思って電話/メールしました。）

I was wondering if you`re free tomorrow.     (明日暇なのかなって・・・)

I was wondering if you could lend me some money.     (お金少し貸してくれるかな?)

I was wondering why you went.     （なんで行ったのかなと思ったんだけどね）

I was wondering who came.     (誰が参加したんだろう・・・？？？）

誰かをどっかへ誘うときも使えます。　例えば・・・

I was wondering if you`d like to have a private pizza party with me tomorrow.     (明日俺んちで2人でピザパティー・・・する?)

…or….

I was wondering if you`d like to take a free trial lesson at GENIE this month.     （今月☆ＧＥＮＩＥ☆で無料体験レッスン受けてみたいのかな？！　今月は入学金なしだよ！）

Bob でした

Hi everybody!  I`m in front of the computer at the New Genie.  We have three classrooms now – two for small group lessons and one for one-on-one lessons (ちなみにマンツーマンって日本語だけだよ、GENIEのラスベガスルームでは通じるけどネバダ州のラスベガスでは通じませんよ; )　How do you say マンツーマン in English・・・

one-on-one      です！

Anyway…

The interior of the new Genie is very simple.   There aren`t many decorations.  But it`s nice.  ☆NEW GENIE☆のインテリアはとてもシンプルで物が少なくていい感じだと思いますよ。　というのは・・・

Less is more.

“Less is more” is very similar to “simple is best” but it`s just a little different.  日本語で言うと物が少なくていいね・・・って言うかな・・・

Well, what do you think?  Please look at the pictures of the lesson rooms at the New Genie.  Do you agree that “less more?”     さあ、どう思いますか?　あなたも “less is more”派ですか？？　こっちで☆NEW GENIE☆のレッスンルーム見れるよ→http://lic-eikaiwa.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

もし、☆NEW GENIE☆で無料体験レッスンを受けてから “less is more” って言ったら入会金なしで入学出来るよ！　1回プチ海外アドベンチャーに行きませんか???　麻布十番駅の2番出口を出てすぐGENIEに入国出来ます！　Don`t forget your PASSPORT !!　＾＾ ｖ

Bob でした