Chapter 1A1
こんにちは、おばあちゃん
Hello, Grandma
Before you read
Topics with は
は marks the topic, the thing the sentence is about. 喫茶店は小さいです means as for the kissaten, it is small. Almost every sentence in this chapter starts with a topic and は.
います and あります
Japanese uses two different words for exists depending on what is being talked about. います is for people and animals, like 美咲は台所にいます (Misaki is in the kitchen). あります is for things, like パンは台所にあります (The bread is in the kitchen).
Asking and quoting: か and と
Add か to the end of a sentence to make it a polite question, like おいしいですか (Is it delicious?). The particle と marks the exact words someone says, right before 言います (says) or 聞きます (asks).
The Nakashima river is in Nagasaki.
Meganebashi is on the Nakashima river.
Meganebashi is old.
The kissaten is by Meganebashi.
The kissaten is by the Nakashima river.
Misaki is now in Nagasaki.
Misaki is here now.
The kissaten is here.
The kissaten is small.
The kissaten is old.
The door is old.
The door is not open.
Misaki opens the door.
The door is open.
The kissaten is open.
The kissaten is now open.
Misaki is in the kissaten.
The photograph is in the kissaten.
The photograph is here.
The photograph is old.
The photograph is small.
The photograph is Grandma.
The kitchen is here.
Misaki is now in the kissaten.
Misaki says, "Hello, Grandma."
Misaki says, "Hello, Grandma."
Coffee is in the kissaten.
Bread is in the kissaten.
The kitchen is in the kissaten.
The kitchen is old.
Misaki is in the kitchen.
Sato is in the kitchen.
Bread is in the kitchen.
Coffee is in the kitchen.
Sato says, "Hello."
Misaki says, "Hello."
Sato is in the kissaten.
Sato eats the bread.
The bread is delicious.
Misaki asks, "Is it delicious?"
Sato says, "Yes."
The kissaten is open.
The door is open.
The bread is here.
The coffee is here.
Misaki eats the bread.
The bread is delicious.
Misaki says, "Thank you."
Sato is in the kitchen.
Sato asks, "Is it delicious?"
Misaki says, "It is delicious."
The coffee is delicious.
Sato asks, "Will you keep it open for a while?"
Misaki says, "Yes, for a while."
The kissaten is open for a while.
The door is open.
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