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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The mothers at the child centre

The play mat at the child centre, Ben the only father: a mother asks how many months, says her boy of eight months eats everything, finds a father on leave rare and says quietly that her husband took two days, and Ben says Hana smiles all day and takes after her mother.

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THE STORY

The play mat at the child centre in the north of Kyoto, on a weekday morning, Ben the only father. The mothers are plain-polite with him; Ben is polite with them.

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なんかげつ です か？nankagetsu desu kaHow many months?
さんかげつ です。 そちら は？sankagetsu desu. sochira waThree months. And yours?
はちかげつ の おとこのこ。 なんでも たべます。hachikagetsu no otokonoko. nandemo tabemasuA boy of eight months. He eats everything.
パパ が いくきゅう って、papa ga ikukyū ttedad's on leave, you said: the little word that quotes
パパ が いくきゅう って、 めずらしい です ね。papa ga ikukyū tte, mezurashii desu neHer dad's on leave, you said? That's rare.
にかげつ です。 つま は、 かんごし で。nikagetsu desu. tsuma wa, kangoshi deTwo months. My wife's a nurse.
うち の しゅじん は、 ふつか かな。uchi no shujin wa, futsuka kanaMy husband took two days, I'd say.
にこにこ して ます ね。 ママ に にて ます。nikoniko shite masu ne. mama ni nite masuShe's all smiles. She takes after her mother.
め は、 パパ かな。me wa, papa kanaThe eyes are dad's, I'd say.