April Fool Special Lesson

「せっかく来てくれましたが、今日でこのブログは終わります。短い間でしたが有り難う！」

= Sekkaku kite kuremashitaga kyou de kono burogu wa owarimasu. Mijikai aida deshitaga arigatou!  

= Thank you for visiting this site but today is the last day for the blog.

I know it was a short period of time, but thank you so much (for your support)!

 

It has been eight months since I started this blog. I appreciate everything but I am very tired of making long long lessons so I am quitting today….Sorry!

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Did you buy it? Or is it ネタばれ？ ( = Neta bare) , obvious?

OK, then, Happy April Fool’s Day, everyone! :grin:

I will give you a “short” lesson related to April Fool’s Day.

We don’t really celebrate April Fool’s Day in Japan — at least not as much as people in other countries do, but it is a well-known day.

April Fool’s is 四月馬鹿／バカ ( =shigatsu baka) in Japanese. Many people just call it エイプリルフール ( = aipuriru fuuru).

⭐️ <Related words/expressions>

April Fools Day is a day you fool others.

In Japanese to fool someone is 騙す／だます  ( = damasu)

•Present tenseだます (  = damasu)　→Past tense だました ( = damashita)

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受け身 ( = ukemi)  Passive forms

•Present tense だまされる ( = damasareru) →Past tense だまされた ( = damasareta)

 

Ex.「今日は、エイプリルフールだからゆかりをだまそうよ！」

= Kyou wa eipuriru fuuru dakara yukari wo damasou yo!

= It’s April Fools Day today. Why don’t we fool Yukari!

Ex.「ゆかりはいつもだまされるよね。／だまされやすいよね。」

= Yukari wa itsumo damasareru yone./damasare yasui yone.

= Yukari is very gullible!

Ex.「ああ〜！またマギーにだまされた！」

= Aa…! Mata Maggie ni damasareta!

= Gosh! Maggie got me again! (←I was fooled by Maggie again!)

♦ 担ぐ/かつぐ ( = katsugu)  to deceive ＆ 担がれる/かつがれる ( = katsugareru) to be deceived

Ex. あの人は人を担いで／かついでばかりいる。

= Ano hito wa hito wo katsui de bakari iru.

= He is always tricking people.

Ex.「また担がれ/かつがれた！」

= Mata katsugareta!

= I was fooled again!

♦引っ掛ける ( = hikkakeru)　to trick someone ／引っ掛かる ( = hikakaru) to be tricked

Ex.（私は）また引っ掛かった ( = Mata hikkakatta!) =まただまされた ( = Mata damasareta)=また担がれた ( = Mata katsugareta) 

= (They) got me again! /I was fooled again!/ I was tricked again!

Ex.マギーは詐欺に引っかかった。

= Maggie wa sagi ni hikkakatta.

= Maggie was caught by a scam.

Note: A tricky question is called 引っ掛け問題 ( = hikkake mondai)

There is a TV show called どっきり(ドッキリ）カメラ ( = Dokkiri kamera) in Japan. (This is the Japanese equivalent of the U.S.’s “Candid Camera“.)

どっきり/ドッキリ ( = dokkiri)  means to surprise

→どっきり／ドッキリした

= dokkiri shita

= to be surprised

→どっきり／ドッキリ　させられた

= dokkiri saserareta

= to have been surprised.

So we often hear the following quotes on TV shows where they set people up for fun.

When they reveal the trick they say,

「これ”ドッキリ”です！」

= Kore “Dokkiri” desu!

= This is “Candid camera”!

And the one who was tricked says,

「ええ〜！”ドッキリ”なの？」

= Ehh.”Dokkiri” nano?

=  What? Is this “Candid camera”?

We also say

「えっ？嘘！？」

= Eh? Uso!

= No kidding! 

Please check my previous 嘘 ( = uso) lesson!

Practical jokes in Japanese are called  悪戯／いたずら／イタズラ ( = itazura) and it the setting is big we say,

仕掛け（ = shikake) verb is 仕掛ける ( = shikakeru) to set up someone

悪戯／いたずら／イタズラする ( = itazura (wo) suru) to play a practical joke, to prank

悪戯／いたずら／イタズラを仕掛ける ( = itazura wo shikakeru) to set a practical joke, to prank

Note：

いたずらっぽい ( = itazurappoi) wicked, mischievous

悪戯 ( = itazura）also means to vandalize something  and it also means sexual molestation.　So be careful when you use it!

•To tease or to mock someone in Japanese is

からかう ( = karakau)

Ex.「からかわないで！」

= Karakawanaide!

= “You are pulling my leg”

Ex.「ちょっとからかっただけです。」

= Chotto karakatta dake desu.

= “I was just teasing you!”

•A joke  in Japanese is 冗談 ( = joudan)

Ex.「ごめん！ほんの冗談だよ！」

= Gomen honno joudan dayo!

=“Sorry! I meant(did) it as a joke” “I was just kidding. Sorry!” (casual)

Ex.「冗談はやめてよ！」

= Joudan wa yameteyo!

=“Stop kidding me!”/ “Don’t fool around!”

 

:maggie-small: From the picture above,

「せっかく来てくれました が、今日でこのブログは終わります。短い間でしたが有り難う！」

= Sekkaku kite kuremashitaga kyou de kono burogu wa owarimasu. Mijikai aida deshitaga arigatou!

= Thank you for visiting this site but today is the last day for the blog.

I know it was a short period of time, but thank you so much (for your support)!

•せっかく ( = sekkaku) after all the work/trouble you had/Although →negative result or information

 

Ex. せっかく来てくれたのですが、今日はお休みです。

 = Sekkaku kite kureta nodesuga kyou wa oyasumi desu.

= You came here all the way, but we are closed today.

Ex. 宿題をせっかくやったのに、家に忘れた。

= Shukudai wo sekkaku yatta no ni ie ni wasureta.

= I managed to do my homework, but I (unfortunately) left it at home.

 

 

マギー先生よ= Maggie sensei yori = From Maggie-sensei

今日、誰かをだました？

=Kyou dareka wo damashita?

= Did you trick someone today?

それとも誰かにだまされた？

= Soretomo dareka ni damasareta?

=Or has anybody tricked you?

 

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