Notes from the KH Class (2007/11/15)

Today's blog entry comes from the Topics lesson of the KH class. My references include the following:

1. 大辞林第三版
2. CD-ビジネス技術 実用英語大辞典
3. 英辞郎第三版
4. CD-The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Let's get started!

Original Sentence:

• David went drinking with his old students.

Problems:

• Did David go drinking with all of his old students or just a few?
• When did David go drinking with his old students? Did they go drinking last night? Last month? Last year?
  

After confirming some details with K.H., I would suggest the following sentence:

• David with drinking with some of his old students last Thursday.

Notes:

• "old students" does not mean the students are 70 or 80 years old. In this sentence structure, we understand that "old" means "not recent" or "former." For example:

• old friend: 旧友、昔からの友達、昔なじみ
• gathering of old students: 同窓生の集い
• old coworkers: 元同僚
• old customer: 昔からの得意先、なじみ客
• old job: 元の仕事
• old car: 中古車
• old (former) classmate: かつての級友
  

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