It's even 25 degree, but still furnace here!
Good evening everybody!
Dear Amy, I am doing homework now. How do you think about this title? I hope it is correct! Because my room is facing west, it is even hot after it gets dark. Ah, I really wanna move somewhere cool! :P
Well, here goes my answers. Please kindly have a look...
1) Even if / though
-Even though the flowers are more expensive than if we bought them from a big market we still buy them
-even if it’s raining cats and dogs.
This means almost same as 'Although / though'. 'if' is conjunction and 'even' will emphasize 'if'.
2) even + verb
- Sometimes they even polish the vegetables and fruit to make them look more appealing.
-They even deliver it at the end of the day!
-they even pay you for it!!!
- He doesn’t even let you glance at the monkeys without asking you for some money!
In those sentences, 'even' emphasize the meaning of verbs.
3) even so
-Even so, I sometimes sneakily watch from my terrace
This is also conjunction. I think, in this sentence, 'even' itself works for conjunction. 'so' here means 'I don't really agree with making animals perform'.
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Today, the guy in my dept. brought the souvenir from Fuji!!! You've heard Mt.Fuji? At the foot of Mt. Fuji, there is a factory which my company has and he worked there before. It sounds really nice that he could live there for 3 years, but he said it was very shocked. Because, at the time he joined the company, he did not know where he worked, and suddenly the company assgined him to work there. It is really usual for many Japanese companies though.
Anyway, what he brought to us was 'Monaka'. Luckily I've found the description in my Japanese-English dictionary:) Monaka is : a wafer cake filled with red or white bean jam. I made a cup of green tea in the office and had that for break. It was yummy!! I definitely prefer the red bean one with maron! :)
Amy, thanks for your kindness. I hope my answers are correct. Honestly I believe I have some mistakes, because I only manged to find 3 ways of using 'even'. I am looking forward to reading your reply.
Good night everyone!
the photo from internet
This is monaka. Can you guess how much calorie it has? It has only 80 kcal per monaka! I found it healthy... I will have it tommorrow if it is still left. hehe!
Best regards,
Yumi
Comments
Hi Yumi!!! The monaka looks delicious :-). Tonight, while I´ll be drinking my cup of green tea as I usuallly do every night, I´ll remember of monaka! Yummy! Best wishes, Ana Paula.
I am new to this blog. I went to Japan 10 years ago for a month. And looking forward to go there. Still remember the air, fresh air in summer. japan is a beautiful country. That's all.
Dear Yumi!I find you blithe and wise and reading your post cheer me up as I can feel your young zeal! Even so it made me think about some questions you wrote sometimes. I admire your spontaneity in asking Amy (and her amazing answers in the same way) about using this language in a real communication. You know, I would be hardly able to ask them myself because my only ability is reading books and these wonderful blogs where I manage learn new people, places and brush up my writing skills. I just looked at the datum above which shows almost the end of the month and I am sorry now that I didn´t take more opportunity to speak to you. But I enjoyed this trip to Japan with you very much and it was lovely to get know you. Don´t worry about being short! I don´t know, does monaka have many or little calories? I may eat now only little, the best would be eat nothing! Sweet and happy days to you!
Hi dear Yumi thank you very much for your helpfull information :)
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