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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The river at five

Sunday at five on the riverbank: Yui's father says you came, admits he said nothing the other day, says he never thought he would be a grandfather so soon, the rod bends, Ben lands a fish, and a grandchild and a fish make a good Sunday.

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THE STORY

The riverbank north of Kyoto at five on a Sunday morning, two rods and a cooler box. Yui's father is plain with Ben; Ben is polite with him.

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きた な。kita naYou came.
まいしゅう、 きます よ。maishū, kimasu yoI come every week.
この あいだ は、 なに も いわなかった な。kono aida wa, nani mo iwanakatta naI said nothing the other day, did I.
とは おもわなかった。to wa omowanakattaI never thought that: the little word that, then the plain past of think, made negative
こんな に はやく、 おじいちゃん に なる とは おもわなかった。konna ni hayaku, ojīchan ni naru to wa omowanakattaI never thought I'd be a grandfather so soon.
おとうさん、 なに か いった？otōsan, nani ka ittaDid Dad say anything?
うれしい です か？ureshii desu kaAre you glad?
さお が まがって る。 ひいて！sao ga magatte ru. hiiteThe rod's bending. Pull!
つれました！tsuremashitaI got one!
まご と さかな。 いい にちようび だ。mago to sakana. ii nichiyōbi daA grandchild and a fish. A good Sunday.