[4.Allegretto]  N+っぽい : -ish, -like 
“Japanese-like! (sound like a Japnese!)”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing?
If you are living in Japan, you might be hearing Japanese people saying “ppoi”.
“Oh, really? It sounds a bit like a lie!”
or, 
“My jacket is that reddish one.”  etc.etc….
We will practice “noun + ppoi” today.
Repeat after me
[00:33]
1. whitish
2. blackish
3. reddish
4. yellowish
5. bluish
6. greenish
7. beige-ish
         (Hope I spelled correctly….)
Repeat after me
[01:20]
1. My bag is that whitish one.
2. Whose is that blackish wallet?
3. A reddish car is parked over there.
4. The white T-shirt has become yellowish.
5. The person I saw was wearing a bluish jacket.
6. I want to make the wall colour greenish.
7. A beige-ish coat goes well with you.
[03:05]
Most of the clothes I own are black or bluish. How about yours?  
Repeat after me
[03:23] 
1. feel like a child, childish
2. look very grown up, mature for one’s age
3. look like a serious-person
4. look like a teacher
5. celebrity-ish
6. professional like
Repeat after me
[04:13]
1. My elder sister is childish sometimes.
2. My son is only 6 years old, but he speaks like an adult.
3. That hairstyle makes you look like a serious person.
4. Watanabe san looks like a teacher, but I’ve heard in fact he is a carpenter.
(daiku = carpenter)
5. Ueno san seems well-bred, and on top of that, looks like a celebrity.
6. His golf swing looks likes a pro, but his score sucks.
[06:08]
I think my golf swing also doesn’t look too bad…, but my score always sucks!  

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