Ea-Ajia Kookuu yukue-fumei

2014/12/28

AirAsia flight missing

28-nichi asa, Ea-Ajia Kookuu no ryokakuki ga yukue-fumei ni narimashita.Yukue-fumei ni natta hikooki wa Indoneshia no Jawa-too kara Shingapooru ni mukatte imashita.Jimoto no Media ni yoruto, kono hikooki wa gozen 5-ji 35-fun ni Jawa-too o shuppatsu shimashita.Shikashi, gozen 7-ji goro, kono hikooki to renraku ga torenaku natta soo desu.Sono hikooki ni wa Jooin Jookyaku 162-nin ga notte iru soo desu.Ea-Ajia wa Mareeshia no Kaku-yasu kookuu-gaisha desu.

Practice Each Sentence

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.28-nichi asa, Ea-Ajia Kookuu no ryokakuki ga yukue-fumei ni narimashita.

28-nichi 28th. of the month, asa morning, Ea-Ajia AirAsia

kookuu airline, ryokakuki passenger plane, yukue-fumei be missing

narimasu to become, get

2. Yukue-fumei ni natta hikooki wa Indoneshia no Jawa-too kara Shingapooru ni

mukatte imashita.yukue-fumei be missing, natta ta form of narimasu; become, get, hikooki airplane, flight

Indoneshia Indonesia, Jawa-too Java island, -too -island, Shingapooru Singapore

mukatte te form of mukaimasu; go toward, -te imasu expressing progressive or a state

3. Jimoto no Media ni yoruto, kono hikooki wa gozen 5-ji 35-fun ni Jawa-too o

shuppatsu shimashita.jimoto local (people, company, etc.; in this case Indonesia), media medium (TV, newspaper,

etc.)

-ni yoruto according to, hikooki airplane, flight, gozen a.m., in the morning

5-ji 35-fun 5:35, -ni specific time marker; at, on, in, shuppatsu [sv] departure

4. Shikashi, gozen 7-ji goro, kono hikooki to renraku ga torenaku natta soo desu.shikashi however, gozen a.m., in the morning, goro around (time), hikooki airplane, flight

renraku ga torenaku natta became not able to contact, renraku [sv] contact, get in touch

renraku o torimasu to contact, get in touch (set phrase), torenai potential nai form of

torimasu

-naku narimasu expressing a change; come not to do, become not able to do

-soo desu reported information; I heard, they said

5. Sono hikooki ni wa Jooin Jookyaku 162-nin ga notte iru soo desu.

hikooki airplane, flight, jooin crew, jookyaku passenger, -nin a counter for people

notte imasu to be on, be on board, notte te form of norimasu; ride, get on, be on board

iru root form of imasu, -soo desu reported information; I heard, they said

6. Ea-Ajia wa Mareeshia no Kaku-yasu kookuu-gaisha desu.Mareeshia Malaysia, kaku-yasu kookuu-gaisha LCC, Low-cost carrier

yasui inexpensive, low price, cheap, kookuu-gaisha airline company

Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up Conversation)renraku ga torenaku naru-naku narimasu:expressing a change; come not to do, become not able to do

Level 3 Chapter 5renraku ga torenaiverb potential form:can do, be able to do

Level 2 Chapter 9renraku ga torenaku natta soo desu / notte iru soo desuplain form + soo desu:reported information; I heard, he/they said

Level 2 Chapter 11mukatte imasu / notte imasuverb te form + -te imasu:expressing progressive or a state

Level 2 Chapter 4yukue-fumei ni natta hikookiphrase + noun:Noun Modifier