[✐1.Adagio] go,  listen/hear, read, etc.  いく、きく、よむetc

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“I drink beer. “

[00:07]

Hello everyone.  Today we are going to practice verbs in group 1 (or u-verb).

Let’s start.

Repeat After Me

[00:15]

1.  go: dictionary-form > masu-form

I go to the concert.

I go to the concert with my friends.

Tomorrow, I go to the concert with my friends.

2.  listen(hear):  dictionary-form > masu-form

I listen to Jazz.

I listen to Jazz on radio.

Often, I listen to Jazz on radio.

3.  buy: dictionary-form > masu-form

I buy sandwitches.

I buy sandwiches in the convenience store.

Occasionally, I buy sandwiches at the convenience store.

4.  read: dictionary-form > masu-form

I read manga.

I read manga on the internet.

Sometimes, I read manga on the internet.

5.  drink:  dictionary-form > masu-form

I drink beer.

I drink beer at home.

Every night, I drink beer at home.

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Answer the followings in past tense.

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For example,

Where did you go? Department store

→ I went to the department store.

Ready?

[02:40]

1.  Where die you go? Disneyland

→ I went to the Disneyland.

2.  What did you buy in the super market? Vegetables

→ I bought vegetables.

3.  What did you drink at the bar? Red wine

→ I drank red wine.

4.  What book did you read in the library? Travel book

→ I read a travel book.

5.  What did you listen to Podcast?

→ I listened to information on coronavirus.  (jouhou ＝ information)

6.  How did you go/get to the company?  Underground/Metro/Subway/Tube.

→ I went by subway/underground.

7.  How did you go to the station?  by foot

→ I went (there) by foot (=I walked).

8.  How did you go from home to school? bicycle

→ I went (there) by bicycle.

9.  Where did you buy the frying pan? department store.

→ I bought (it) at the department store.

10.  Where did you drink beer? In Izakaya in Shibuya

→ I drank in an Izakaya in Shibuya.

*nande = nanide: how, by what means

[05:32]

A: Listen, I ran into my old friend the other day.

B: Wow, where?

A: I went to Shibuya for work, and saw her at that Shibuya Crossing. What a surprise. We took a selfi (photo), too.

B: What? At the crossing?

A: Haha, yep. We took it quickly.

(battari au = unexpectedly meet, ran into)

Repeat after me (in Masu-style2)

[05:58]

1.  I met my old friend.

2.  I went to Shibuy for work.

3.  We took a selfi, too.

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