今日のことば
Word of the Day: May 16, 2018
鳥
noun | とり
MEANING: bird
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
ペンギンは鳥ですが、飛べません。
ぺんぎん は とり ですが、 とべません。
Penguins are birds, but they can’t fly.
NOTES:
[as for penguins; bird; (they) are; but; can’t fly]
VOCABULARY:
ペンギン 【ぺんぎん】penguin
は topic marker (pronounced “wa”)
鳥【とり】bird; です copula
が but; however
飛べません【とべません】can’t fly
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