August 9, 2019   =========

☆  unfortunate 不運な

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Today is my sister’s birthday. I hope nothing unfortunate happens to her, and that she has a fortunate day! I haven’t talked about this in a while, but a simple way to increase your vocabulary is to learn prefixes, like today’s “un”. By adding “un” to words, you turn them into the negative of the original word. So, instead of saying something like “that is not fortunate.” You can say something much more natural and native-like, by saying, “That is unfortunate.”

There are lots of “un” words that I’m sure you know. Here are some:

unfair
unclean
unclear
unhappy
undated
unloved
unfazed
unsavory

Can you add any other “un” words to this list?

Bye,

Chris