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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The mother-and-child handbook

The counter of the Kyoto ward office: Yui asks for the mother-and-child handbook, the clerk asks for the hospital's notification and says the handbook is issued today, Ben asks whether the husband may use it too, the check-up vouchers are used at the hospital, and Yui tells Ben he is coming to all fourteen.

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THE STORY

The counter of the ward office in the north of Kyoto, a numbered ticket in Yui's hand. Yui and Ben are polite with the clerk, who is respectful; Yui is plain with Ben.

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ぼし てちょう を、 いただきたい ん です が。boshi techō o, itadakitai n desu gaI'd like to receive the mother-and-child handbook.
にんしんとどけ は、 おもち です か？ninshin-todoke wa, omochi desu kaDo you have the pregnancy notification?
はい、 こちら です。hai, kochira desuYes, here it is.
てちょう は、 ほんじつ こうふ されます。techō wa, honjitsu kōfu saremasuThe handbook is issued today.
おっと も、 つかえます か？otto mo, tsukaemasu kaMay the husband use it too?
はい。 おとうさん の ページ も あります。hai. otōsan no pēji mo arimasuYes. There are pages for the father too.
けんしん の けん は、 びょういん で しよう されます。kenshin no ken wa, byōin de shiyō saremasuThe check-up vouchers are used at the hospital.
けんしん、 じゅうよんかい。 ぜんぶ、 くる の よ。kenshin, jūyonkai. zenbu, kuru no yoFourteen check-ups. You're coming to all of them.