2014.02.17
Tip 80 ”You’ve just missed him.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第80弾は、”You’ve just missed him.” です。
ちょっとのすれ違いで目当ての人に会えないことってありますよね。
例えば会社の同僚から、
“Do you know where Kenji is?”
「ケンジはどこにいるか知らない？」
と聞かれた際に、「ついさっき出て行ったところだよ」
と伝えたい場合、あなたならどう言いますか？
“He went out a few minutes ago.”
この言い方であれば、文法としても間違いはないですし、もちろん意味もしっかり伝わります。
しかし、ちょっと面白味がない、いわゆる一般的な伝え方に聞こえます。
こんなときは、
“You’ve just missed him.” 「一足違いだったよ」
と言ってみましょう。とてもナチュラルでスパイスの効いた表現になります。
ぜひこちらの表現を覚えておいてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is
You've just missed him. Missed him.
And many people think, oh maybe
miss is like I'm lonely because he's gone.
No, that's a little bit different.
That's I miss him.
OK, this is I've just missed him.
A little bit different.
Let's find out what it means.
But first, we'll do our test.
So, I'm gonna say, our head office doesn't
know anything. I'm complaining.
You disagree.
What do you say?
I see it a bit differently.
Were you able to say that?
OK, good.
OK, so let's go on to today's phrase.
You've just missed him.
OK. What does this mean?
Well, imagine that I'm looking for Kenji.
Kenji, where's Kenji, where's Kenji?
And I say, Taro, do you know where Kenji is?
And he says, ah he went out a few minutes ago.
Oh, a few minutes ago. OK, this is actually a perfect sentence.
Not long. He went out
a few minutes ago. No problem.
But it's a boring, normal sentence.
OK, there's no excitement in this.
OK, so we could add
just missed and it sounds much better like this.
You know, so if I say,
Hey, do you know where Kenji is?
And he says, oh you've just missed him.
Oh, I've just missed him!
OK. Then it sounds a lot more natural.
There's a bit of spice in there, OK.
It's not like he went out a few minutes ago.
But, you've just missed him.
OK, let's practice pronunciation.
You've just missedim, missedim.
You've just missedim. You try.
And say it with feeling.
Ah! You've just missed him!
OK, so with my question.
Hey, do you know where Kenji is?
Ah, I've just missed him.
OK, maybe I'll call his phone.
All right. OK, so homework.
I'm just gonna say,
Ah, do you know where Kenji is?
And you say, ah! Hika, you've just missed him!
OK? So please remember this for homework.
OK. We'll see you next time.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is
You've just missed him. Missed him.
And many people think, oh maybe
miss is like I'm lonely because he's gone.
No, that's a little bit different.
That's I miss him.
OK, this is I've just missed him.
A little bit different.
Let's find out what it means.
But first, we'll do our test.
So, I'm gonna say, our head office doesn't
know anything. I'm complaining.
You disagree.
What do you say?
I see it a bit differently.
Were you able to say that?
OK, good.
OK, so let's go on to today's phrase.
You've just missed him.
OK. What does this mean?
Well, imagine that I'm looking for Kenji.
Kenji, where's Kenji, where's Kenji?
And I say, Taro, do you know where Kenji is?
And he says, ah he went out a few minutes ago.
Oh, a few minutes ago. OK, this is actually a perfect sentence.
Not long. He went out
a few minutes ago. No problem.
But it's a boring, normal sentence.
OK, there's no excitement in this.
OK, so we could add
just missed and it sounds much better like this.
You know, so if I say,
Hey, do you know where Kenji is?
And he says, oh you've just missed him.
Oh, I've just missed him!
OK. Then it sounds a lot more natural.
There's a bit of spice in there, OK.
It's not like he went out a few minutes ago.
But, you've just missed him.
OK, let's practice pronunciation.
You've just missedim, missedim.
You've just missedim. You try.
And say it with feeling.
Ah! You've just missed him!
OK, so with my question.
Hey, do you know where Kenji is?
Ah, I've just missed him.
OK, maybe I'll call his phone.
All right. OK, so homework.
I'm just gonna say,
Ah, do you know where Kenji is?
And you say, ah! Hika, you've just missed him!
OK? So please remember this for homework.
OK. We'll see you next time.
Thank you.
