2014.07.04
Point 46 “Don’t forget to…” 初級ビジネス英会話
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第46弾は、“Don’t forget to…” です。
相手がするべき何かを忘れていないか、確認をしたい場合に使える表現です。
“I’ll be back at 2PM.”
「2時には戻るよ」と言って、外出しようとしている同僚に、
「佐藤さんへ電話することを忘れないでね」と確認をしたい場合にあなたなら何と言いますか？
例えば、
“Do you remember to call Sato-san?”
という言い方を連想する方もいるかもしれませんが、これはネイティブには、少々不自然な印象を与えます。
親しい間柄の場合、”Don’t forget to…” を使うことで、とてもナチュラルな言い方になるので、
こんな場面では、
“Don’t forget to call Sato-san.”
と言ってみましょう。
ビデオで発音の練習もして、今日からぜひ使ってみてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is
Don't forget to...
Very useful, OK.
But before we do this, let's look at our test.
OK, so we are, we don't know each other.
We're meeting each other for the first time.
And I say, so what's your job?
That's right.
I'm in marketing.
Oh really. Yeah OK.
Well, I'm in finance. Perfect.
OK, so if you don't have a title.
You don't have to say I'm a marketing staff.
It's unnatural. I'm in marketing.
I hope you got that.
OK, let's go to our phrase for today.
Don't forget to...
How do we use this? OK.
Well let's imagine Taro and I, were colleagues.
And I say to Taro, Taro I'll be back at 2pm.
I have to go.
And Taro wants to remind me to do something.
He says, yeah yeah Hika,
Do you remember to call Sato-san?
And I say, Ah yes, yes, I will call Sato-san.
Do you remember to call Sato...
It's a little bit unnatural here.
Do you remember to call Sato-san?
Have you called Sato-san? Is maybe OK.
Yeah but do you remember to call Sato-san?
It means please call Sato-san.
OK, don't forget.
To say this, we can use this style.
OK, so I say, yeah Taro, I'll be back at 2pm.
I have to go.
And he says, oh, Hika.
Don't forget to call Sato-san.
Very natural. Oh, yes, yes.
Thank you for reminding me.
Don't forget to call Sato-san.
Don't forget to take your bag.
Don't forget to do something.
It's very casual, very friendly. OK.
Very natural. OK.
You could do this with your colleagues.
OK, let's look at pronunciation.
It's not don't forget to...
But it's don't forge ta.
Don't forgeta call Sato-san
Don't forgeta all Sato-san.
You try.
That's right, OK, let's try it with my sentence.
OK, I'll be back at 2pm.
Ah, OK thank you for reminding me.
OK, I will call Sato-san.
Perfect, just like that.
OK for homework, next time.
I will say, I'll be back at 2pm, OK?
And then you say, oh don't forget to call Sato-san.
OK, just like that.
OK we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is
Don't forget to...
Very useful, OK.
But before we do this, let's look at our test.
OK, so we are, we don't know each other.
We're meeting each other for the first time.
And I say, so what's your job?
That's right.
I'm in marketing.
Oh really. Yeah OK.
Well, I'm in finance. Perfect.
OK, so if you don't have a title.
You don't have to say I'm a marketing staff.
It's unnatural. I'm in marketing.
I hope you got that.
OK, let's go to our phrase for today.
Don't forget to...
How do we use this? OK.
Well let's imagine Taro and I, were colleagues.
And I say to Taro, Taro I'll be back at 2pm.
I have to go.
And Taro wants to remind me to do something.
He says, yeah yeah Hika,
Do you remember to call Sato-san?
And I say, Ah yes, yes, I will call Sato-san.
Do you remember to call Sato...
It's a little bit unnatural here.
Do you remember to call Sato-san?
Have you called Sato-san? Is maybe OK.
Yeah but do you remember to call Sato-san?
It means please call Sato-san.
OK, don't forget.
To say this, we can use this style.
OK, so I say, yeah Taro, I'll be back at 2pm.
I have to go.
And he says, oh, Hika.
Don't forget to call Sato-san.
Very natural. Oh, yes, yes.
Thank you for reminding me.
Don't forget to call Sato-san.
Don't forget to take your bag.
Don't forget to do something.
It's very casual, very friendly. OK.
Very natural. OK.
You could do this with your colleagues.
OK, let's look at pronunciation.
It's not don't forget to...
But it's don't forge ta.
Don't forgeta call Sato-san
Don't forgeta all Sato-san.
You try.
That's right, OK, let's try it with my sentence.
OK, I'll be back at 2pm.
Ah, OK thank you for reminding me.
OK, I will call Sato-san.
Perfect, just like that.
OK for homework, next time.
I will say, I'll be back at 2pm, OK?
And then you say, oh don't forget to call Sato-san.
OK, just like that.
OK we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
