My mother came to our house to take care of my son again yesterday.
I asked her to bring the game named Donjyara 2 days ago.
Donjyara is a picture matching game like mah‐jong and it has been loved by Japanese families for a long time.
I wrote about it in my previous post : http://a-o-j-m.blogspot.jp/2015/02/donjara-good-old-game.html
It was mine and it is still at my parent's home.
Since my 7-year-old son likes playing it very much, I thought my son and my mother might be able to kill time playing it.
When I left for work at 8:50am, they started playing it.
When I came home at 5pm, they were still playing it!
"Are you still playing with Donjyara?"
"Yes. We have been playing it except when we had lunch and watched TV for a while."
My mother answered.
"You are really patient! If I were you, I could not keep playing it for such a long time!"
I really admired my mother.
"If I were not patient, I could not take care of them!"
She said.
They actually had been playing with it for more than 7 hours!
"You two, no one in the world can play it with you for such a long time! Maybe your grandma is an only one person who can put up with it!"
I told my children but they didn't hear me because they were absorbed in playing it.
Since I am short-tempered, I really admire my mother.
She was always kind to me when I was a child, and she often played with me and my sister.
Whenever I recall my mother, she was always smiling at me.
She is my ideal mother.
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Hello Kumi-san,
ReplyDeleteIt seems your mother is very good at keeping children calm and engaged, still this should not be a surprise for you mother has had a lot more practice :)
Here is a list of issues found while reading your post:
This line:
I wrote that my 7-year-old son have had a flu since last Saturday's night.
Should be:
I wrote that my 7-year-old son has had flu since last Saturday night.
This line:
Donjyara is a picture matching game like mah‐jongg and it has been loved by Japanese families for a long time.
Should be:
Donjyara is a picture matching game like mah‐jong and it has been loved by Japanese families for a long time.
Reason: In English mah-jong is usually spelt with a single g rather than the gg ending (though your spelling is not wrong).
This line:
Since my 7-year-old son likes playing it very much, so I thought my son and my mother might be able to kill time to play it.
Should be:
Since my 7-year-old son likes playing it very much, I thought my son and my mother might be able to kill time playing it.
This line:
"You are really patient! If I were you, I could not keep playing it such a long time!"
Should be:
"You are really patient! If I were you, I could not keep playing it for such a long time!"
This line: I am unable to interpret what the meaning is:
"You two, no grandma in the world will not play together so for a long time! Maybe only your patient grandma will!"
This line:
I told my children but they didn't hear me because they were absorbed to playing it.
Should be:
I told my children but they didn't hear me because they were absorbed in playing it.
This line:
Whenever I recall my mother, she was always smiling to me.
Should be:
Whenever I recall my mother, she was always smiling at me.
Thank you always Terry!
DeleteI am sorry that I am late for correcting them after you gave me these advice.
I rewrote this sentence, how about it?
This line: I am unable to interpret what the meaning is:
"You two, no grandma in the world will not play together so for a long time! Maybe only your patient grandma will!"
rewrote sentence:
"You two, no one in the world can play it with you for such a long time! Maybe your grandma is an only one person who can put up with it!"
Hello Kumi-san,
DeleteYes your rewritten sentence is clearer in meaning
I rewrote it a little to correct a slight issue:
This line:
"You two, no one in the world can play it with you for such a long time! Maybe your grandma is an only one person who can put up with it!"
Should be:
"You two, no one in the world can play it with you for such a long time! Maybe your grandma is the only person who can put up with it!"
Reason: When you are refering to a person and that person is the only person you are speaking about then you don't need to include how many people you are refering to.
So for example: Only one person would be Only person (Only person in this case makes clear that it only applies to one specific person)