Mikuroneshia de Ryokakuki Chakuriku ni Shippai 2018/September/29

passenger plane misses landing in Micronesia

28-nichi, Mikuroneshia no kuukoo de, ryokakuki ga chakuriku ni shippai

shimashita.
Hikooki wa Kassooro o Oobaa-ran shite, umi ni tsukkomimashita.
Sono hikooki ni wa jookyaku 36-nin to jooin 11-nin ga notte imashita.
Sukunakutomo, 8-nin ga kega o shimashita.
Shinda hito (shi-sha) wa imasendeshita.

BBC no shashin o miru to, hikooki wa umi ni uite iru yoo ni miemasu.
Kitai wa amari kowarete inai mitai desu.
Un ga yokatta desu ne.
BBC site
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Practice Each Sentence

Mikuroneshia de Ryokakuki Chakuriku ni Shippai

Mikuroneshia Micronesia, ryokakuki passenger plane
chakuriku [sv] landing, shippai [sv] fail, failure

1. 28-nichi, Mikuroneshia no kuukoo de, ryokakuki ga chakuriku ni

shippai shimashita.
nijuuhachi-nichi 28th. of the month, Mikuroneshia Micronesia
kuukoo airport, -de place marker; in, at
ryokakuki passenger plane (usually pronounced as "ryokakki")
chakuriku [sv] landing, shippai [sv] failure, fail to do, fail in

2. Hikooki wa Kassooro o Oobaa-ran shite, umi ni tsukkomimashita.

hikooki airplane, kassooro runway (of an airport)
oobaa-ran overran, landed short, shite te form of shimasu as a conjunction
 "and", also indicating a cause
umi sea, ocean, tsukkomimasu to run into, crash into

3. Sono hikooki ni wa jookyaku 36-nin to jooin 11-nin ga notte imashita.

hikooki airplane, jookyaku passenger, jooin crew
notte imasu to be on, be on board, notte te form of norimasu; ride, get on, go on
board
-te imasu expressing progressive or state

4. Sukunakutomo, 8-nin ga kega o shimashita.

sukunakutomo at least, hachi-nin 8 people
kega o shimasu be injured, get hurt, kega injury, hurt, wound

5. Shinda hito (shi-sha) wa imasendeshita.

shinda hito person who died, shinda ta form of shinimasu; die, hito person,
people
shi-sha dead person, the dead, imasen the negative form of imasu; be at, there
is

shi-sha is a formal word and used in news and reports.

6. BBC no shashin o miru to, hikooki wa umi ni uite iru yoo ni miemasu.
BBC (Bii-Bii-Shii) British Broadcasting Corporation
shashin photo, picture, miru root form of mimasu; watch, see, look, -to when
hikooki airplane, umi sea, ocean, uite te form of ukimasu; float
-te iru expressing progressive or state, -yoo ni miemasu seems, looks like

7. Kitai wa amari kowarete inai mitai desu.

kitai airframe, body (of a airplane), amari (+ negative) not very, not much, not so
kowarete te form of kowaremasu; break, be damaged, be destroyed
-te inai nai form of -te imasu, -mitai desu it seems, it looks

8. Un ga yokatta desu ne.

un ga ii be lucky (set phrase), un luck, fortune, ii good, nice, fine
yokatta ta form of ii, -desu ne making a tag question; isn't it?, aren't you?

Practice the following words

 1. MikuroneshiaMicronesia 13. notte imasuto be on, be on
board
2. kuukooairport 14. norimasu / noruto ride, get
on, be on board
3. ryokakuki / 15. sukunakutomoat least
ryokakkipassenger plane
4. hikookiairplane 16. kegainjury, hurt, wound

5. chakuriku[sv] landing 17. shinimasu / shinuto die

6. shippai[sv] fail, failure 18. shishadead person, the dead

7. kassoororunway 19. shashinphoto, picture

8. oobaa-ranoverran, landed short 20. ukimasu / ukuto float

9. umisea, ocean 21. miemasu / mierucan see, be

visible, be in sight
10. tsukkomimasu / tsukkomu 22. kitaiairframe, body (of a
to run into, crash into airplane)

11. jookyakupassenger 23. kowaremasu / kowareru

to break, be damaged, be
12. jooincrew destroyed

24. un ga iibe lucky (set phrase)

Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up
Conversation)
notte imashita / hikooki wa umi ni uite iru / kitai wa kowarete inai
verb te form + -te imasu:expressing the progressive, a state of being or a habitual
action
Level 2 Chapter 4
kitai wa kowarete inai mitai desu
mitai desu:It seems, it looks