文法の重要性
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This one, then.
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So, is this sort of like a grammar important kind of question, ultimately?
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess so.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, that's a deep topic right there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But, you know, even though that I've always said on this channel that I'm not a good grammar person,
I did have, I did go through the education system of learning grammar.
In the United States?
In the United States, yeah.
Yeah.
There was a class called grammar, right?
So, we would learn all the grammatical rules, the spelling, and all that stuff.
So, I'm not sure how much that has accounted me to be able to speak English like this.
Yeah, yeah.
So, yeah, I can't compare my life if I didn't go through that stage.
But, yeah.
But at this point right now, a lot of what I rely on if I construct sentences is,
whether if it sounds right or not, like if I've heard of it or not, like if it sounds natural or not.
And that, I don't think, comes from textbooks.
I don't think that comes from the grammar class that I took.
More comes from the buildup of me inputting all these Englishes, I think.
So, yeah.
So, right now, I wouldn't say it's of zero importance, grammar is.
But, like, at least it's not, I don't know.
I don't think I'm relying on it that much.
Yeah, yeah.
You know?
Yeah.
What do you think?
What's your thought on that?
Well, yeah, I get it.
I agree with that.
I'm not saying grammar is like a useless thing.
I'm not saying that.
But, to me, it's like the order is more important.
Like, you need to, like, get many inputs as much as possible.
And then you start speaking, that's the first step.
And then after that, you use grammar to, like, to kind of, you know, improve your skills.
Or, like, to make it easier for yourself to learn things more.
That's my stance.
Yeah.
If you, like, first step, you're getting into the grammar world, then that's going to be,
the road will be, like, really, really difficult.
Yeah.
Because it's not natural things.
Yeah.
The language itself is, like, a natural, and baby can be able to speak, you know, quite
言語学習のステップ
things.
But, so, that's my stance.
Yeah.
That's my stance.
But, I'm not saying grammar is useless.
It's rather efficient if you can use it, like, properly.
It's like a tool.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
So, grammar is something you carefully listen and, like, do kind of surveys to the native
speakers.
And then somebody just put it in the rules and write it down.
That's the grammar, right?
So, it's kind of, and somebody really, really intelligent, like, wrote it down and, like,
organized.
So, that's an efficient thing if you can use it properly.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
But that's not the real language.
Real language, there's the natives and, like, people who are actually speaking in that language
in that place.
So, that's more important.
Right.
Absolutely.
First step and then second step.
Yeah.
I guess then the first step, you can use grammar as a tool to make your learnings more, I guess,
efficient.
And then later on, as you, as the language really sinks in you, you get to control the
language without worrying about if it's grammatically correct or not, right?
It comes out more naturally.
Right, right, right.
Yeah.
I would say, I would rephrase that.
We got three steps.
Yeah.
True.
Like, first, just immerse yourself into the real language.
Input yourself without any grammar things and just start speaking as, like, a baby.
Yeah.
And then after that, you get grammar things.
You get a card of things and, like, use that.
And then after that, the third step, you forget grammar.
Yeah, yeah.
Like, you don't use it anymore, kind of.
I like that.
I like that.
I like that process.
Yeah.
乳製品と食文化
I have a more concerning question to ask you.
Okay, okay.
Start.
I drank milk after I ate this soup from 7-Eleven.
It was a wonton, a vegetable soup.
Okay.
And then I drank milk.
Does that gross you out?
That's a question of importance that I needed to ask you.
I can drink milk with anything.
I can drink milk with pizza, hamburgers.
Yeah.
You name it.
Anything.
I can drink milk.
Anything?
And it can be just as enjoyable as if I'm drinking it with a cupcake.
Cupcake.
Chocolate.
Okay, okay.
恋愛と食習慣の考察
Cake.
What about, like, um...
Latte.
Oh, okay.
Like a Japanese food, like sushi, for example?
Give me sushi.
I can enjoy milk just as much.
Okay.
Does that gross you out?
Well, I mean, at least I don't do that.
You don't do that.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What if I'm eating dinner with you and I drink milk when we're in sushi row?
Okay.
How does that make you feel?
Is that a red flag of being friends?
I mean...
Okay.
If I were...
Yeah.
If I were...
If we were, like...
Yeah.
If I were a woman, right, and I drank milk with sushi, is that...
And then it's your second date.
Does that give you a red flag?
So it's not something really, really huge that I decide, because of that, we're not going to meet again.
It's not going to work out?
It's not that huge.
But I would treat you as a milk lover.
Too much milk lover.
Yeah.
It's not something, you know, oh, we have to stop this relationship thing.
Yeah.
But I would be really curious.
Are you...
Like, all right?
Yeah.
Is your taste buds all right?
Yeah.
Or like, well, I mean, you love milk.
Look, let me tell you something that might help you make the judgment of if this goes further or not.
I am not going to order milk at Sushiro.
I'm just saying I can drink milk.
Like, if it was served to me, I can drink it without any, like, feeling weird at all.
It goes down easily, is what I'm saying.
Like, I'm going to drink tea.
I'm going to drink the powdered matcha.
Yeah.
That's what I'm going to drink.
I'm just saying, if I didn't have an option other than drink milk, no problem.
No problem.
Yeah.
Is that going to help you try to, like, decide?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We can go as a keep this relationship.
Okay.
Yeah.
All right.
Okay.
Yeah.
But yeah.
Yeah.
Well, additionally, it depends on the situation.
Because you got the milk.
You had been drinking milk before you opened that soup, right?
Yeah.
So, it's more natural to me.
Oh, right.
Right.
Yeah.
Because you had that milk beforehand.
Right.
Beforehand.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
It's more, you know, like, okay.
牛乳注文の影響
If it's the other way, it makes it seem like I wanted milk with this, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And also, it's like a convenience store combination.
So, it's not that bad.
Okay.
It's not that much of a red flag.
Even if you're drinking, whatever, a banana shake or something, it's not that bad.
Okay.
But if you go to, like, let's say, expensive sushis and they don't have things.
Okay.
Can I get milk?
Can I get milk?
And that's like, oh, really?
Oh, God.
Please don't order milk in front of all these people.
Oh, Taisho.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I don't think she understands the value of the combination of the rice and the sushi.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I get that.
I get that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
