John's Diary #2
ジョンさんが 書いた 日記 #2 です。
読んで 質問に 答えて ください。
今日は、 あさ、 へや の そうじ を しました。せんたく も しました。 天気 が よかった ので、 せんたくもの が よく かわきました。 ゆうがた は、 きんじょ を さんぽ しました。しょうらい は、いぬ を かって いっしょに さんぽ したい です。
Grammar Notes:
■ かって いっしょに さんぽ したい "to get a (pet) and then I want to walk with it." The て form of かう (to keep a pet) makes it a conjunction: "and then."
- 食べて さんぽ します eat and then take a walk [て form of 食べる]
- 日本語を べんきょう して ねます to study Japanese and then go to sleep [て form of する]
Key Vocabulary:
今日 today [literally, "now day"]あさ morning [kanji: 朝]へや room [kanji: 部屋]そうじ cleaning [kanji: 掃除]へや の そうじ cleaning the room [the の connects and shows a relationship; think of it as an apostrophe S: room's cleaning]せんたく washing (clothes)せんたくもの laundry; the washing [literally, laundry thing]天気 weather [天 (heaven; sky) + 気 (air)]よかった (weather was) goodので therefore; because of thatよく (dried) well; (dried) nicelyかわきました driedゆうがた evening [kanji: 夕方]きんじょ neighborhood [kanji: 近所]さんぽ walk; go for a stroll [kanji: 散歩]しょうらい future [kanji: 将来]いぬ dog [kanji: 犬]かって keep (a pet) [te form of 飼う to domesticate; to raise; to keep (a pet); note this is a different word from 買う (to buy)]いっしょに togetherしたい want to
Answers:
1) C – He cleaned and washed
2) A – He went for a walk but doesn't have a dog yet.
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