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day 30I went to bed early, and yet…

unit 5 · home & health

    I went to bed early, and yet…

    Complain, regret and be surprised with のに (although, and yet), say what you do so that something happens with ~ように and ~ようにする, and say where it hurts: throat, neck, back, arms, fingers.

    today’s words

    • のに · although, and yet, even though
    • 具合 ぐあい · condition, health; how something works
    • 気分 きぶん · feeling, mood
    • 熱 ねつ · fever, temperature; heat
    • 喉 のど · throat
    • 首 くび · neck
    • 背中 せなか · back (of the body)
    • 腕 うで · arm
    • 指 ゆび · finger, toe
    • 毛 け · hair (on the body); fur
    • 髪 かみ · hair (on the head)
    • 血 ち · blood
    • 力 ちから · strength, power
    • 眠い ねむい · sleepy
    • 眠る ねむる · to sleep, fall asleep
    • 寝坊 ねぼう · oversleeping (寝坊する)
    • 起こす おこす · to wake (someone) up
    • よう · so that; like, as if (ように, ような)

    sentences

    • 昨日は早く寝たのに、今朝は寝坊した。 · I went to bed early yesterday, and yet I overslept this morning.
    • 熱があるのに、仕事に行った。 · I had a temperature, but I went to work anyway.
    • 喉が痛くて、首と背中も痛い。 · My throat hurts, and my neck and back hurt too.
    • ナイフで指を切って、血が出た。 · I cut my finger with a knife and it bled.
    • 兄は髪がとても短い。 · My big brother's hair is very short.