[✐2.Andante]「〜たり、〜たり」doing this, doing that etc.

[00:07]
Hello everyone.
We begin with going through Forms today; dictionary-, masu-  and ta- forms.
Repeat after me
[00:18]
1.  write
2.  buy
3.  sing
4.  dance
5.  borrow
6.  lend
7.  read
8.  play
9.  eat
10.  look/watch/see
11.  come
12.  do
[01:45]
Make sentences now.
[01:47]
1.  What do you do in the library?
2.  I read books, borrow books and so on.
3.  What do you do in the gym?
4.  I do machine-training, stretching, among other things.
5.  What do you do in the park?
6.  I play tennis, jog and so on.
7.  What do you do on your day off?
8.  I watch videos and draw pictures and so on.
9.  How do you eat this fish?
10.  (It can be eaten by) boiling and griling among other things.
(niru = boil, yaku = grill)
[03:40]
Now make sentences as follow;
For example,
wath TV, read a book
→ I watch TV, read books and so on.
Are you ready?
[03:53]
1.  sing, dance
→ I sing, dance etc.
2.  go, come
→ I go and come (=come and go, back and forth).
3.  Skip (fly), jump
→ I skip and jump (= run and jump).
4.  Go to the museum, go to the zoo
→ I go to the museum and to the zoo etc.
5.  do cleaning, cooking, washing
→ I do cleaning, cooking and washing among others.
6.  meet friends, do shopping
→ I meet friends, do shopping etc.
7.  Go to work, work at home
→  I go to work or work at home.
8.  Write a mail, make a phone call
→  I write a mail, make a phone call etc.
9.  look up in the dictionary, google
→  I look (it) up in the dictionary or google (it).
10.  laugh, cry
→   I laugh and cry, etc.

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