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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
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Hey guys, how's it going?
So, this is from Mama-san.
Okay.
娘が高校で、LatelyとRecentlyは官僚形と一緒にしか使わない。
Okay.
NowadaysとThese daysは現在進行形としか使わないと習ったそうです。
Okay.
これはネイティブの人からしてもそうやで、覚えときやという漢字なのでしょうか?
それともそうかもしれんけど、どっちでもええでという漢字でしょうか?
Can you give me an example of a wrong usage?
So, Lately and Recentlyは官僚形としか使わない。
So, the wrong usage.
Recently, I'm, let's say, I'm eating too muchrecently.
It feels correct to me.
Yeah, me too.
Yeah.
I'm into football recently.
I felt a little bit of a weirdness there.
Oh, okay.
Like I wanted to use Lately.
Oh, I see.
So, it should be, I'm into football lately.
If you do that, I don't feel anything.
Okay, okay.
It feels correct to me.
But even so, the first example, it's still like,okay, sure.
Like, I wouldn't say anything about it.
I see.
Yeah.
So, Lately and Recentlyは官僚形としか使わない。
If I put Lately and that phrase makes sense, thenthat still like proves.
Oh, I see.
Lately was still incorrect grammatically then, Iguess.
Okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
So.
Sure.
So, okay, this is the correct form.
I've changed my job recently.
Yeah, it sounds correct.
I ended up with my girlfriend lately.
Sure.
It sounds correct.
But all the phrases make sense.
Yeah.
Okay.
So, it's not like I only use官僚形.
Right.
I mean, yeah.
Maybe, you know, grammatically, I'm sure the textis correct.
Maybe.
But daily conversation-wise, yeah, I guess youdon't have to be so worried about it.
And I've never heard this, by the way.
Oh, this rule?
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Nowadays, these days, I only use現在進行形.
So, I watch football these days.
It sounds correct.
So, less people smoke nowadays.
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Less people smoke nowadays.
Yeah, it sounds correct.
So, this one's true.
It's not.
So, it's okay.
It's okay.
So, that rule, when you're speaking, you don'thave to worry about it.
Yeah, I think so.
Okay.
These days.
Yeah.
Nowadays.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
All right.
I don't know if they...
I've never heard of these...
Oh, that rule?
Yeah.
Is it...
Yeah, I don't know.
I don't know.
Maybe more specified situations, maybe?
Mm-hmm.
So, the answer is...
Yeah, that would be my answer.
Okay.
Yeah, I would say.
Yeah.
Great.
Right.
Since we have a little bit of time, can I show youa moment?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
From Turkey.
From Turkey?
Yeah, from Turkey, there was a舞台 of Romeo andJuliet.
Yeah.
And on the climax scene, when Romeo dies...
Here's what happened.
Okay.
Turkey, you're talking about...
The country.
The country, Turkey.
Yeah, in Turkey.
Mm-hmm.
Right.
See, the cat...
Oh, I missed...
A cat walked on stage when Romeo died.
This is...
There's audience right in front of them.
It's the proper...
The proper, the actual show.
It's not a rehearsal.
It's an actual show right in the middle of themtwo acting.
A cat got on stage.
What?
Started munching on the Romeo's hair.
Wow.
And then started relaxing on stage.
Pretty funny moment.
It's a funny...
Pretty funny moment.
He's a professional.
Right.
Romeo didn't move at all.
That's great.
He did not move at all.
And Juliet sort of moved his body...
Yeah.
So the cat would be like a little bit furtheraway.
But again, the cat moved in again.
Mission failed.
I mean, where did the mascot came from?
Right, it's a mystery.
It's a theater or something, right?
It's a theater.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I would love to have been on the scene.
I would love to be there.
That's funny.
Yeah.
Do you think cats are cute?
It depends on the cat.
Depends on the cat?
Yeah.
You don't think cats are cute like how you don'tthink dogs are cute?
I think I'm more into dogs.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, in general.
In general, you're more into dogs.
But in general, you don't think dogs are cutethough, right?
No.
I don't think every dogs are not cute.
But it just depends.
They're like bad dogs.
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They're cute dogs.
It's like a human.
I don't like like all the dogs are like instantlycute or something like that.
Or cats.
They are just, they have like personality.
Okay.
They have like a heart.
You want to look at their personality.
Yeah.
Yeah.
To determine whether if they're cute or not,right?
Because there are some bad cats.
There are no bad cats.
There are no bad cats.
There are no bad cats.
There are no bad cats.
I used to, when I was elementary, I had to passthrough that one road.
Okay.
And there were like some bad cats.
There were groups of cats.
Like five cats like always like looking at me.
And then like, it's like a, it's like a furio.
Or like coming through and just karamu.
I was always like trying to pass by the bad cats.
No, no, no, no.
You, no, you were looking at them with a bias.
Really?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just you should approach them with like, you guysare cute.
You guys are awesome.
Okay.
Then they will be like.
Right.
You want to approach them like your friend.
I see.
Yeah.
I was like from the beginning.
I was like, oh, that enemy.
Oh yeah.
That's not good.
That's why.
That's not good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Because they looked so, so bad.
So evil.
They, they, they had like a kizunai face.
They're friendly.
They're friendly.
Well, not friendly.
They're just, they're, they're chill.
Okay.
They're chill.
They're not going to make enemies.
Okay.
Immediately.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I see.
Right.
Yeah.
I just wanted to show you that because that wasfunny.
That was a funny moment.
That is funny.
Yeah.
Rare.
Very rare.
Yeah, very rare.
All right.
Thanks for listening guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.