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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hana's first word

Hana, ten months old, says the cat's sound at Maple: Yui had taught her mama a hundred times, Ben says the cat wins, Mrs. Sato on the phone says Kenta's first word was the baby's word for food, and Yui has it written down.

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THE STORY

The old house in Asakusa, Hana on the floor with Maple, Mrs. Sato on the phone. Ben and Yui are plain with each other; Mrs. Sato is polite with Yui.

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ベン！ はな が、 なにか いった！Ben! Hana ga, nanika ittaBen! Hana said something!
「パパ」 って いった の？"papa" tte itta noDid she say "papa"?
ちがう。 「ニャーニャー」 って。 メープル に。chigau. "nyā-nyā" tte. Maple niNo. "Nyaa-nyaa". At Maple.
はじめて の ことば は、 ねこ の。hajimete no kotoba wa, neko noHer first word is the cat's.
「ママ」 って、 ひゃっかい おしえた のに。"mama" tte, hyakkai oshieta noniI taught her "mama" a hundred times, and yet.
ねこ の かち だ ね。neko no kachi da neThe cat wins.
まんまmanmafood, the word a baby says for a meal
けんた は、 「まんま」 でした よ。Kenta wa, "manma" deshita yoKenta's was "food".
「ニャーニャー」 って、 かいて おいて。"nyā-nyā" tte, kaite oiteWrite down "nyaa-nyaa".