Welcome to the first day of December. December is a wonderful month, isn't it? It's a 31-day countdown to that grand evening at the end of the year. We'll be counting down with you.

FRUIT  果物

Fruit is the general word for food such as apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, and watermelons.

Fruit is normally used as an uncountable noun, with NO "-s" at the end; for example, "Fruit is cheap in California."

(Be careful: We sometimes use the word fruits -- WITH an "-s" -- to talk about KINDS of fruit; for example, "His shop sells many fruits and vegetables.")

Fruitは、リンゴやオレンジ、バナナ、ぶどう、すいかなどの果物のことです。

Fruitは、数えられない名詞(語尾に-s をつけない)として扱われます。 例: Fruit is cheap in California.(カリフォルニアでは、果物が安いです)

注意: 果物の種類について言うときにはfruitsのように-s をつけて言うことがあります。 例: His shop sells many fruits and vegetables.(彼の店ではいろいろな種類の果物や野菜を売っています)

 

1. Do you ever put fruit on your cereal in the morning?

2. Many families in Japan have fruit after dinner instead of a rich dessert.

Take care!