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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

Practice the following words

Audio 1.BeikokuUSA (formal)
Audio 2.AmerikaAmerica, USA
Audio 3.daitooryoo senkyopresidential election
Audio 4.daitooryooPresident of a country
Audio 5.senkyoelection
Audio 6.toohyoo[sv] voting, polling
Audio 7.toohyoo-bivoting day, polling day
Audio 8.Minshu-tooDemocratic Party
Audio 9.Kyoowa-tooRepublican Party
Audio 10.seitoopolitical party
Audio 11.HarisuMs. Kamala Harris
Audio 12.ToranpuMr. Donald Trump
Audio 13.arasoimasu / arasouto fight, compete, argue
Audio 14.futaritwo people
Audio 15.seisakupolicy
Audio 16.kangae-kata

way of thinking, point of view, opinion

Audio 17.kangaeidea, thought
Audio 18.kangaemasu / kangaeruto think, consider
Audio 19.daibupretty, quite, considerably
Audio 20.chigaimasu / chigauto be wrong / be different
Audio 21.yoron-choosa

public opinion survey, pubic opinion poll

Audio 22.yoronpublic opinion
Audio 23.choosa[sv] investigation, research, survey
Audio 24.-ni yorutoaccording to
Audio 25.shiji-ritsuapproval rate, supported rate
Audio 26.shiji[sv] support, agree, backing
Audio 27.ritsurate, %
Audio 28.hotondoalmost, nearly
Audio 29.onajisame
Audio 30.-gurai / -kuraiabout, approximately
Audio 31.minasaneveryone, you
Audio 32.dochirawhich
Audio 33.toosen

[sv] win an election, be elected / win a prize

Audio 34.omoimasu / omouto think, guess

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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