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Yesterday – The Past – Example Conversation; Day: 67

Study some examples and then we will be at the practice session.

Example: 1
Person A: “Why didn’t you come to my party last night?”
Person B: “I’m sorry I couldn’t make it. I had to go visit my grandmother at the hospital.”
Person A: “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Is she doing ok?”
Person B: “They just completed a small operation and the doctors said she should recover.”

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ā§§

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ—āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻ“āĻš, āĻāϟāĻž āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

Example: 2

Person A: “Did you get a chance to go to that new restaurant down the street?”
Person B: “Yeah. I ordered the special, but the server screwed up my order.”
Person A: “That sucks. So what ended up happening?”
Person B: “They finally got my steak out, but it was overcooked. It was a terrible experience.”

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ⧍

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āχ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧀ āϘāϟāϞ?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤”

Example: 3
Person A: “What did you do last weekend?”
Person B: “I went on a date with Sammy.”
Person A: “Really? How was it?”
Person B: “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.”

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ā§Š

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ? āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āχ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

Example: 4
Person A: “Didn’t you finish finals week?”
Person B: “Don’t remind me. I think I failed most of the exams.”
Person A: “Why did you do so terrible?”
Person B: “My mind just went blank. I think I overloaded my brain. I just couldn’t concentrate during the exams.”

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ā§Ē

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāχāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϕ⧇āύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤”