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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The class for fathers

The class for fathers at the Kyoto hospital, with a doll: the midwife lists holding, the bath and the nappy, Ben says he isn't sure whether he can, learns the head goes in the left hand and the elbow tests the bath, and Yui tells the room he practised the nappy on the cat.

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THE STORY

The class for fathers at the Kyoto hospital, a doll on the table and a plastic bath. The midwife is polite; Ben is polite with her; Yui is plain with Ben.

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だっこ と、 おふろ と、 おむつ です。dakko to, ofuro to, omutsu desuHolding, the bath, and the nappy.
できる か どう か、 じしん が ありません。dekiru ka dō ka, jishin ga arimasenI'm not sure whether I can.
みんな、 そう です よ。 あたま は、 ひだりて で。minna, sō desu yo. atama wa, hidarite deEveryone's like that. The head, with the left hand.
メープル は、 そう だいて た よ。Mēpuru wa, sō daite ta yoYou held Maple like that.
さんじゅうはち ど。 あつい か どう か は、 ひじ で。sanjūhachi do. atsui ka dō ka wa, hiji deThirty-eight degrees. Whether it's too hot, the elbow.
おなか が すいて る か どう か は？onaka ga suite ru ka dō ka waAnd whether she's hungry or not?
いっかげつ は、 わかりません よ。ikkagetsu wa, wakarimasen yoFor a month, you don't know.
おむつ は、 ねこ で れんしゅう した の。omutsu wa, neko de renshū shita noHe practised the nappy on the cat.