Great job today! We practiced the particles "に" "へ" "で" and "と" , and reviewed the past and negative forms of verbs. We also learned a new particle "を". There’s a lot to learn , but you're doing great-let's keep it up!
Today's lesson ひこうき/plane まいにち まいあさ/everyday every morning かえります/go back
Today, we practiced the difference between 〜ておきます and 〜てあります.
First, we studied 〜ておきます.
〜ておきます can mean:
to do something in advance to prepare something beforehand to leave something as it is for now
For example:
ともだちが くる まえに、すいかを ひやして おきます。 I will chill the watermelon before my friends come.
よんだら、ほんを ならべて おきます。 After reading the books, I will line them up / put them in order.
ごみだしのルールを かいて おきます。 I will write down the rules for taking out the garbage.
テーブルのうえに はなを かざって おきます。 I will put flowers on the table.
あとで かたづけますから、さらを そのままに して おきます。 I’ll clean up later, so I’ll leave the plate as it is for now.
Then, we practiced 〜てあります.
〜てあります is used when someone intentionally did something, and the result still remains now.
For example:
すいかが ひやして あります。 The watermelon has been chilled.
ほんが ならべて あります。 The books are lined up.
ごみだしのルールが かいて あります。 The rules for taking out the garbage are written down.
テーブルのうえに はなが かざって あります。 Flowers are displayed on the table.
You did a great job using many sentences to talk about things in Raymond’s house. I was very surprised to hear that you have five Gundam figures! You really love Gundam.
Thank you again for coming to class today. I’ll see you in the next lesson!
