Don’t Say This

From Twitter

Don’t say:
There are two members in my family
I’m business/salary man
I live Saitama
I have a wife
My first son

Try:
I’m ① clerk.
I ② for Sony.
I live ③ Saitama.
I ④ married and ⑤ two kids. ⑥ ⑦ is Toshi; the youngest ⑧ Sawa.

Choose:
am
eldest
a
an
in
at
the
work
is
have

Answers
I’m ①
a clerk. We need ‘a’ because our name is not “Clerk.”
I ②work for Sony. We don’t our title unless it is a professional title.
I live ③in Saitama. We must use prepositions before locations.
④ I‘m  married and ⑤have two kids. ⑥ The  eldest is Toshi; the youngest ⑧is Sawa.
④ Married is something we are.
⑤ We have kids; we don’t say they merely exist.
⑥, ⑦, ⑧ We never list our children by the primacy of latency of their birth; we talk about age in relation to each child.

主婦ってHousewife?

Your mom married a house?

From Twitter:

A. What do your parents do–if I may ask?
B. Sure. My dad’s a juggler and comedian, and my mom is a housewife.
A. “…”
B. What: why so confused?
A. Your mom married a house?
B. Huh?
A. You said she’s a housewife.
B. Yeah.
A. No, no, no. She’s a __

Choose:

*midwife
*home-wife
*homemaker

Answer And Explanation

The answer is ‘homemaker‘, because we like to be more polite to people making a home. Saying house-husband or house-wife sounds demeaning.