So I am practising the use of expressions for arranging and scheduling, when I ask this woman I teach on tuesday evenings what she’s doing tonight (we’re doing a mock diary for the week).
Me: So Yachiyo what are you doing tonight?
Yachiyo: Fighting… always fighting. I’m always fighting with my husband.
*cue smile*
*cue me thinking ‘okaaaay what do I do now?’
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Nice…
Today I was doing what was a pretty good lesson with some of my kids, who are 11/12 years old, and we’re asking each other ‘Do you want…?’ in response to things like ‘I’m thirsty’, ‘I’m hungry’ etc…
Me: I’m ill…
Kid: Do you want supplements?
Me:
Me: I’m tired…
Kid: Do you want a knife?
Me:
Me: I’m sad…
Kid: Do you want a hug?
Me:




I always have problems with “My mother is a nurse and my father he is dead”. Only got that one in Spain and Japan, for some reason.
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ha ha I’ve never had that one yet.