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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Kenta asks

By the river at night, Kenta asks Ben how he knew, with Yui, that she was the one; Ben didn't know, Mrs. Sato told him, and the count of who knew ends with Kenta, the last, welcomed at this late stage.

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THE STORY

The bank of the Sumida at night, two cans of coffee, the Skytree lit up across the water. Kenta and Ben are plain with each other.

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ゆい の とき、 どう やって わかった？Yui no toki, dō yatte wakattaWith Yui, how did you know?
なに を？nani oKnow what?
この ひと だ、 って。kono hito da, tteThat she was the one.
わからなかった よ。 ばあちゃん が おしえて くれた。wakaranakatta yo. bāchan ga oshiete kuretaI didn't know. Your grandmother told me.
って こと？tte kotoso that means, the quoting word and thing, as a question
ばあちゃん も しって た って こと？bāchan mo shitte ta tte kotoSo that means Grandma knew too?
ばあちゃん、 ゆい、 そうた、 だいち、 ながの の おきゃくさん。bāchan, Yui, Sōta, Daichi, Nagano no okyakusanGrandma, Yui, Sota, Daichi, the guests from Nagano.
ぼく が さいご って こと？boku ga saigo tte kotoSo I'm the last?
いまさら だ けど、 ようこそ。imasara da kedo, yōkosoLate as it is, welcome.