Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing

70 [✐1] Is e-mail OK? [Alternatively] - suggest alternative


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[✐1. Adagio] Nでもいいですか。suggest alternative
💡The translations may vary depending on circumstances.
[00:18]

1.  There is no tea.  Is coffee OK for you?

2.  Is it OK without sugar? (Can you drink coffee without sugar?)

3.  Is it OK without milk?

4.  No juice, here.  Can I give you water?

5.  The refrigerator is empty.  Is UberEats OK (to order to something to eat)?

(kara = empty)

[01:23]

Now you are in the office. Your boss asked you to make a phone call to an important client. But you have something else to do at the moment.  You reply as follows.

Repeat after me

[01:39]

1.  Can I do it later?

2.  Can I do it tomorrow?

3.  Can I do it next week?

4.  Can I do it by e-mail?

5.  Can I ask Victoria san to do that?

[02:36]

Now, make a sentence as follows.

[02:39}

For example,

There is no tea, coffee

→ Is Coffee OK instead?

Ready?

[02:49]

1.  no ballpoint pen, pencil

→ Is pencil OK? (Is it OK to use a pencil? etc.)

2.  no small change, 5,000 Yen bill

→ Can I pay with a 5,000 Yen bill?

3.  no visa card, master card

→ Can I pay by master card?

4.  no J-Pop CD, jazz

→ Is jazz (CD) OK?

5.  no glue, scotch-tape/sellotape

→ Can I give you a sellotape (instead of glue)?
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「メールでもいいですか。」

[00:07]

みなさん、こんにちは。

Your friend suddenly came to your house. You don’t have much stuff to offer.  So, you suggest alternatives.

Repeat after me

[00:18]

1.  おちゃがありません。コーヒーでもいいですか。

2.  さとうなしでもいいですか。

(さとうなし = without sugar)

3.  ミルクなしでもいいですか。

(ミルクなし = without milk)

4.  ジュースがありません。みずでもいいですか。

5.  れいぞうこはからです。ウーバーイーツでもいいですか。

(から = empty)

[01:23]

Now you are in the office. Your boss asked you to make a phone call to an important client. But you have something else to do at the moment.  You reply as follows.

Repeat after me

[01:39]

1.  あと でもいいですか。

2.  あしたでもいいですか。

3.  らいしゅうでもいいですか。

4.  メールでも いいですか。

5.  わたしじゃなくて、ビクトリアさんでもいいですか。

[02:36]

では、つぎのようにぶんをつくります。

[02:39]

たとえば、

おちゃがありません、コーヒー

→コーヒーでもいいですか。

いいですか。

[02:49]

1.  ボールペンがありません、えんぴつ

→ えんぴつでもいいですか。

2.  こまかいおかねがありません、5,000えんさつ

→ 5,000えんさつでもいいですか。

3.  ビザカードがありません。マスターカード

→ マスターカードでもいいですか。

4.  J-ポップのCDがありません。ジャズ

→ ジャズ(のCD)でもいいですか。

5.  のりがありません。セロテープ

→ セロテープでもいいですか。

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