Yesterday – The Past – Example Conversation; Day: 73
Study some examples and then we will be at the practice session.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤
Person A:Â “Why didn’t you come to my party last night?”
Person B:Â “I’m sorry I couldn’t make it. I had to go visit my grandmother at the hospital.”
Person A:Â “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Is she doing ok?”
Person B:Â “They just completed a small operation and the doctors said she should recover.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻāĻš, āĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤”
Person A:Â “Did you get a chance to go to that new restaurant down the street?”
Person B:Â “Yeah. I ordered the special, but the server screwed up my order.”
Person A:Â “That sucks. So what ended up happening?”
Person B:Â “They finally got my steak out, but it was overcooked. It was a terrible experience.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ˛?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
Person A:Â “What did you do last weekend?”
Person B:Â “I went on a date with Sammy.”
Person A:Â “Really? How was it?”
Person B:Â “I couldn’t ask for a better night. We talked all throughout our two hour dinner, and then we sat by the river and cuddled in the night.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋ? āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
Person A:Â “Didn’t you finish finals week?”
Person B:Â “Don’t remind me. I think I failed most of the exams.”
Person A:Â “Why did you do so terrible?”
Person B:Â “My mind just went blank. I think I overloaded my brain. I just couldn’t concentrate during the exams.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ:Â “āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”