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Beikoku Daitooryoo Senkyo Toohyoo Hajimaru
US presidential election starts
2024/November/05
5-ka wa Amerika no Daitooryoo Senkyo no Toohyoo-bi desu.
Minshu-too no Harisu-san to Kyoowa-too no Toranpu-san ga arasotte imasu.
Futari no seisaku ya kangae-kata wa daibu chigaimasu.
Yoron-choosa ni yoruto, shiji-ritsu wa hotondo onaji gurai da soo desu.
Minasan wa dochira ga toosen suru to omoimasu ka?
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Beikoku Daitooryoo Senkyo Toohyoo Hajimaru
Beikoku USA (formal), daitooryoo senkyo presidential election
toohyoo [sv] voting, polling, hajimaru to start, begin
1. | 5-ka wa Amerika no Daitooryoo Senkyo no Toohyoo-bi desu. |
itsuka 5th. of the month, Amerika America, USA, daitooryoo-senkyo presidential election
daitooryoo President of a country, senkyo election
toohyoo-bi voting day, polling day, toohyoo [sv] vote, poll
2. | Minshu-too no Harisu-san to Kyoowa-too no Toranpu-san ga arasotte imasu. |
Minshu-too Democratic Party, Harisu Ms. Kamala Harris
Kyoowa-too Republican Party, Toranpu Mr. Donald Trump
seitoo political party
arasotte te form of arasoimasu; fight, compete, argue
-te imasu expressing progressive or state
3. | Futari no seisaku ya kangae-kata wa daibu chigaimasu. |
futari two persons, seisaku policy, kangae-kata way of thinking, point of view, opinion
kangaemasu to think, consider, -ya A and B (and so on)
daibu pretty, quite, considerably, chigaimasu to be different
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4. | Yoron-choosa ni yoruto, shiji-ritsu wa hotondo onaji gurai da soo desu. |
yoron-choosa public opinion survey, pubic opinion poll
yoron public opinion, choosa [sv] investigation, research, survey, -ni yoruto according to
shiji-ritsu approval rate, supported rate, shiji [sv] support, backing, ritsu rate, %
hotondo almost, nearly, onaji same, -gurai / -kurai about, approximately
da root form of desu, -soo desu reported information; I heard, he/they said
5. | Minasan wa dochira ga toosen suru to omoimasu ka? |
minasan everyone, you, dochira which (one), toosen [sv] win an election, be elected
-to omoimasu ka? Do you think (which, where, what....)?, -to omoimasu I think I guess
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Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up Conversation)
Harisu-san to Toranpu-san ga arasotte imasu
verb te form + -te imasu:expressing the progressive, a state of being or a habitual action
Level 2 Chapter 4
shiji-ritsu wa onaji gurai da soo desu
plain form + soo desu:reported information; I heard, he/they said
Level 2 Chapter 11
dochira ga toosen suru to omoimasu ka?
plain form + to omoimasu:I think, I believe, I guess, I feel
Level 2 Chapter 3
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