This Week's Sale
読んで 質問に 答えて ください。
今しゅう の セールは とうふ と チョコレート です。 先しゅう より やすい です。 とうふは 100円、 そして チョコレートは 50円 です。とうふ １こ と チョコレート ２こを かいました。たまねぎも ほしかった、けど わすれました。
Grammar Notes:
■ 先しゅう より やすい です。 Cheaper than last week.
The より shows the topic is more or greater than the word that comes before より.
- 今日は きのう より あつい です。 Today is hotter than yesterday. [Literally: as for today – yesterday – (more) than – hot – is]
Key Vocabulary:
- 今しゅう this week [kanji: 今週; 今 (this; now; at the moment) + 周 (week)]
- セール sale
- とうふ fermented bean curd [kanji: 豆腐; 豆 (bean; pea) + 腐 (rot; decay; sour)]
- と and
- チョコレート chocolate
- 先しゅう last week [kanji: 先週; 先 (before; ahead; previous; future; precedence) + 周 (week)]
- 先しゅうよりやすい even cheaper than last week [せんしゅう (last week) + より (than; is placed after what the following is compared to) + やすい (cheap; inexpensive)]
- そして and; and then
- かいました bought [polite past tense form of the verb 買う (to buy; to purchase)]
- いえ house; residence; dwelling [kanji: 家 (house; home; family; professional; expert; performer]
- かえって returning [from 帰る (to return)]
- から after (returning)
- たまねぎ onion [kanji: 玉葱]
- わすれました forgot [polite past tense form of the verb 忘れる (to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of)]
Answers:
1) C – He bought both sale items.
2) B – 100 + 50 + 5
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