エリン先生の英語講座1！

シリーズでお送りします。

Have you every tried to explain somethings to an English speaker using a katakana word but he/she just becomes more confused? Well, not all words in katakana are actually English. Historically, Japan was in contact with Portuguese and Dutch languages first. Many common katakana words are borrowed words from these languages. These katakana words are “fake friends” to Japanese people learning English. The best examples are these: