day 28I hear the heating’s broken
unit 5 · home & healthI hear the heating’s broken
Pass on what you've heard with plain form + そうです, say what something seems like with みたい, and talk about heating, hot water and noises at home.
today’s words
- みたい · seems, looks like; like (casual)
- 水道 すいどう · water supply, tap water
- ガス · gas
- 電灯 でんとう · electric light, lamp
- 冷房 れいぼう · air conditioning, cooling
- 暖房 だんぼう · heating
- 冷える ひえる · to get cold, chill
- 湯 ゆ · hot water (お湯)
- 沸かす わかす · to boil (water), heat
- 沸く わく · to boil, come to the boil
- 火 ひ · fire, flame
- 音 おと · sound, noise
- 聞こえる きこえる · can be heard, can hear
- 鳴る なる · to ring, sound
- ベル · bell, doorbell
- 留守 るす · being out, away from home
- 昼間 ひるま · daytime
- 故障 こしょう · breakdown, out of order (故障する)
sentences
- 今晩はとても冷えるそうです。 · I hear it's going to be very cold tonight.
- 暖房が故障しているみたいだ。 · The heating seems to be broken.
- 家の人は留守で、明日帰るそうだ。 · The owner's away; I hear she'll be back tomorrow.
- お湯を沸かして、熱いお茶を飲んだ。 · I boiled some water and had a hot cup of tea.
- 台所から変な音が聞こえる。 · I can hear a strange noise from the kitchen.