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From New Zealand 2007年7月,ニュージーランドへ移住してきました。ニュージーランドでの日常生活についてつづります。

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I want to write a birthday card for her.



I want to write on a birthday card for her.
 
も~:make a card for her birthday / make a card for Christmas

 
 
51
Yesterday I went to buy a book for my homework.



Yesterday I went to buy bought a book for my homework.
 


52 
I started to learn cooking from her.

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I started to learn learning cooking from her.
 
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After she went back to Canada, we started to exchange letters.

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After she went back to Canada, we started to exchange exchanging letters.
 
も~:どちらも前後に文脈がありますが,start to doだと,「し始めたがそのうちやめた」ということになります。
 

 
53 
Can you make a plan for the trip?

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Can you make a plan for plan the trip?

 
When did he finish making the plan for the trip?

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When did he finish making the plan for planning the trip?
 
 
He finished making the plan and showed it to his parents.

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Comment: [‘making’ is OK here]
 
 

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Last week our class had a new student from Tokyo.
 
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Last week our class had a new student from Tokyo joined our class.
 
 
 
55 
You live in Seattle and it is not a long way from Vancouver. Is that right?

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You live in Seattle and it is not a long way, which is not far from Vancouver. Is, is that right?

[Colloquially we can say “not a long way from,” but I think you’re mixing up the positive, “It is a long way from” and the negative “It isn’t far from.”]
→「ネイティブチェック19」 参照。
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