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2005.04.06

Hello again!

Do you remember what happened yesterday at Ms. Watanabe's office? Today we hear about the exciting climax!

Today's Lesson
(HAVE/GIVE/GET) A MESSAGE
伝言(がある/を伝える/が伝わる)

Explanation

  • Imagine the following situation:
    Alan calls Ms. Watanabe while she is out of the office, so he leaves a message for Ms. Watanabe with her secretary.


    After Alan leaves the message, we can say that Ms. Watanabe has a message FROM Alan.

    Later, when the secretary gives Ms. Watanabe the information from Alan, she gives the message TO Ms. Watanabe...

    ...and Ms. Watanabe gets the message.
  • 次のような状況を想像してみてください。
    アランは渡辺さんに電話をしましたが、本人がオフィスを留守にしていたので、秘書に伝言を頼みました。

    アランが伝言を残した後ならば、
    Ms. Watanabe has a message FROM Alan.
    (渡辺さん宛てにアランからの伝言があります)
    と言うことができます。

    その後、秘書がアランからの伝言を渡辺さんに伝えたのならば、
    The secretary gives the message TO Ms. Watanabe ...
    (彼女は渡辺さんに伝言を伝えます)

    そして

    ... Ms. Watanabe gets the message.
    (渡辺さんは伝言を聞きます/受け取ります)
    と言うことができます。

examples

  1. (on the phone)
    SECRETARY: I'm sorry, but Ms. Watanabe is out of the office right now.
    ALAN: Can you give her a message for me?
    SECRETARY: Of course.
  2. (... and the conversation continues)
    ALAN: Please tell her that I won't be able to make my afternoon appointment.
    SECRETARY: Alright. I'll be sure to give her your message.
  3. (after Ms. Watanabe returns to the office)
    MS. WATANABE: Do I have any messages?
    SECRETARY: Alan called. He said he won't be able to make his afternoon appointment.
  4. (on the phone)
    MS. WATANABE: Alan, I got your message. Shall we reschedule our meeting for tomorrow?

英会話レッスンOkay, so it wasn't exactly an EXCITING climax, but you learned something, right?