Grammar Notes:

■ さかな　が　あまり　すきじゃない　(I) don’t like fish very much

• あまり (not very; not much) - This is followed with a negative ender. In this case, すきじゃない (to not like).

EXAMPLE:

お客様(きゃくさま)は　あまり　いません　でした。

There weren’t many customers.

Key Vocabulary:

• 今日(きょう) today [literally, "now day"]
• スーパー supermarket [many Japanese words borrowed from English are abbreviated; while スーパー can be used to mean “super” as in スーパーマン (Superman), in general, this is used for “supermarket”]
• かいもの shopping [kanji: 買(か)い物(もの)]
• 行きました went [past masu form of 行(い)く (to go)]
• まめ beans; legume; peas [kanji: 豆(まめ)]
• かんづめ canned food [kanji: 缶詰(かんづめ); 缶 (tin can) + 詰 (packed; press in)]
• パン bread [from Portuguese]
• かいました bought [from 買(か)う (to buy)]
• ブロッコリー broccoli
• と and
• にんじん carrot [kanji: 人参(にんじん)]
• も also
• さかな fish [kanji: 魚(さかな)]
• セール sale [from English]
• やすかった was inexpensive [past of 安(やす)い (cheap; inexpensive)]
• でも but; however
• あまり not much; not very [used with a negative ending (didn’t like)]
• 好(す)きじゃない didn’t like [好(す)き (to like) + じゃない not]
• ので therefore; because of that

Answers:

1) B – He isn't fond of fish.