Point 73 ”I’m short on cash.” 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73弾は、”I’m short on cash.” です。

たまたま現金を持ち合わせていなくて購入したいものを見送ることってありませんか？
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。

例えばヒカは同僚のタロウに
“Let’s go drinking tonight.”「今晩、飲みに行こうよ。」と誘いました。
「ごめん、今日は持ち合わせがないんだよね。」と返答したい場合あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“Sorry, I have no money.”「ごめん、貧乏なんです。」
でも意味は伝わるかもしれませんが不自然です。

そこで
“Sorry, I’m short on cash.”「ごめん、今日は持ち合わせがないんだよね。」
と言ってみましょう。自然な表現です。

発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners video series.

And today's phrase is I'm short on cash. What does this mean?

I'm short on cash. OK we will find out. But first, let's do our test.

So, imagine we are colleagues and I am going home OK. And I say, see you. Have a nice weekend.

And you say, goodbye. A little more feeling, not goodbye. You could say, OK, take it easy.

OK very natural. OK with feeling. Take it easy. Relax. OK please remember that.

Let's look at today's phrase, I'm short on cash. Hmmm, what does this mean?

OK here's what I sometimes hear. OK imagine Taro and I are colleagues.

And I say, Taro, let's go drinking. Bonenkai. Let's go. And he says, yeah sorry. I have no money.

He has no money. Oh, it's OK. I understand.

But I have no money could mean I am very poor. It has that meaning too.

I have, I'm poor. I have no money. So he wants to say, I have no money now right in my wallet.

So maybe there's a better way to say this. OK. Here's a better way.

I say Taro let's go drinking tonight. Let's go. And he says, yeah sorry I'm short on cash.

I see. You have no money today in your wallet. I understand. I'm short on cash. OK.

So, let's look pronunciation. It's sorry with a pause.

Sorry, I'm short on, I'm short on cash. Sorry, I'm short on cash. You try.

Good with my sentence. Let's go drinking tonight. Good OK.

For homework. Next time I will say, let's go drinking tonight.

And you say, sorry I'm short on cash. That's right. Please remember this.

We will see you in the next lesson. Thank you.