Hi everyone, today's lesson will be about the word bite. Now the verb to bite means kamu 噛む (かむ) in Japanese, for example:
Ow~! Your dog bit me!
Now the noun a bite can have several meanings, it can mean the mark left by an animal or insect biting you.
My arm is itchy because I have a mosquito bite.
It can also mean a bite of food, in Japanese you would say hitokuchi 一口, (ひとくち).
Gimme a bite!
which in Japanese would be,
hitokuchi choudai!
In casual English, a bite can also mean a light meal or snack.
Do you wanna have a bite to eat?
meaning,
Do you want to eat a light meal or snack?
I'm hungry I'm gonna go grab a bite.
meaning,
I'm hungry I'm going to go eat something.
Hmmm, there are some other interesting expressions that use bite but I think I'll do another lesson to cover those so stay tuned for Part 2!
Phil
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment