I emailed my friend - I sent an email to my friend

When email is used as a verb we don’t say “email to someone” 

"I have to email my boss." *Not email to my boss

"Hector emails his family in Peru every week."

When email is a noun and we use the verb send we need to. 

“I have to send an email to my boss.”

"Hector sends emails to his family in Peru every week."

Drop VS Fall ~ 落とす VS 落ちる

Compare:

I dropped my phone. 自分の携帯電話を落としました。

My phone fell. 私の電話が落ちました。

It fell in the sink!

My phone is about to fall! 
落ちそうだ!

Lately and Hardly (最近 and ほとんど)

Lately and Hardly 

Lately is an adverb that means recently. 

“Have you been to the shopping mall lately? 4 new stores opened last week.”

“I lost 3 kilograms! I stopped eating chocolate and lately I have been riding my bicycle to work.”
What have you been doing lately? ~ 最近何してたの？

Hardly is an adverb that means only just, almost not.

“Jerry must not be feeling well. He hardly ate anything at lunchtime.”

“I’m not sure why Chris told me such a personal story, we hardly know each other.”
There's hardly any difference ~ ほとんど差がない

Do you study English hard? = Do you try your best?

Do you hardly study English? = Do you do very little studying?

AUDIO listening!

"I need to study."

"I'm too tired to study."

I walked VS. I took a walk... (動詞VS名詞)

One of my students asked me:

"What's the difference between 'I took a walk in the park' and 'I walked in the park?'"

(公園で散歩しました VS 公園に歩きました)

These sentences mean the same thing but I can see the confusion. Some words have a noun and a verb form.

How we can we tell which form the word is in?

If we use 1 of the articles A, or An then the word that follows will be a countable noun (remember A/An = 1 thing) "A banana." "An orange." Or a noun phrase "An old, brown banana." "A tasty, Naval orange."

So when walk is a noun it will come after an article

"I took a walk in the park." - took is the verb in this sentence

BUT a verb comes after the subject of a sentence

"I walked in the park this morning." - No article = verb

This is true for all words that have a verb and a noun form.

“I want to give you a hug!” - give is the verb in this sentence

“I want to hug you!” - No article = verb

English practice exercise!

Think of 3 more words with a noun and a verb form and write a practice sentence for each word!

"Let Tony take the free kick. He kicks very well."

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Me too vs. me neither (私も) 中級

Me too vs. Me neither

日本語

A:寿司が好きです。
B:私も。

A:なっとが好きじゃないです。

B:私も。

English

A: I like sushi.
B: Me too

A: I don't like natto.
B: Me neither.

If a statement is negative ~ don't, can't, never for example ~ and we want to say that also applies to us, we need to say "Me neither" in English. Me too is only for positive statements.

A: I can't speak German.
B: Me neither.

A: I have never been to Australia.
B: Me neither.

*When the subject of your sentence is someone else, it's common for the word neither to start the sentence. Please look at these examples:

A: Fred isn't good at soccer.

B: Neither is Mike.

A: My grandfather won't use a computer.
B: Neither will mine.

These are also acceptable:

A: I can't speak German.
B: Neither can I.

A: I have never been to Australia.

B: Neither have I.

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Good taste VS Tasty ~ よくある間違いです common mistake

Here is a common mistake that I hear from my Japanese students:

A: "Your sandwich looks delicious. Good taste?" ~ おいしそうだね。味がいい？

B: "Yes, it's delicious." ~はい、おいしです。

この英語が不自然だ! This is NOT natural English! I NEVER ask "Good taste?" Please read the next example:

A: "Your sandwich looks delicious. Is it tasty?"

B: "It's great! Have a bite!"

Got it? 分かった？

Good taste? NG 

Tasty? (Is it tasty?) CORRECT

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よくある間違いです common mistake ~ "I am sick." NOT "I have sick."

I'm sick today. I caught a cold. 風邪を引いた。

We don't say "I have sick." Here is the correct way to say this:

I am sick. = This is my condition now. 

sick = 病 (病人- a sick man) ~ this is an adjective 形容詞

I have a cold. = This is (also) my condition now. 

cold = 風邪 ~ this is a noun 名詞

Remember ~ We can't say "I have sick." BUT we can say "I have a cold."

Keep warm! Winter is coming!

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Sign VS signature ~ 動詞\名詞 (よくある間違いです common mistake)

Sign (verb) VS signature (noun)

"Can I have your sign?" NG

"Sign here please." CORRECT

"Can I get your signature here please." CORRECT

Signature is a noun (名詞) 署名、記名、サイン

Sign is a verb (動詞) サインする

It's easy to confuse these words in English because the Japanese use サイン as a noun and サインする as a verb.In English SIGN is used as a verb, サインする not a noun. 

~ a common form of the noun sign is 看板

OR ~ a road [traffic] sign 道路[交通]標識.

When writing your name SIGN is used as a verb every time. Look at these examples:

Please sign here.
こちらに署名下さい。

Please sign here.
ここでサインして下さい。

Please sign your name here.
ご署名をお願いします。

We use sign for anything legal (法律) like a contract or a rental agreement. BUT if we see someone famous

we ask ~ "Can I please have your autograph?"

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