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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hana starts daycare

The settling-in week at daycare: Ms. Endo says good morning to Hana, Yui checks the hours, Ms. Endo says crying is normal, Ben says she sleeps soundly after her milk, and at pick-up Hana has cried a little, slept deeply and smiled at everyone.

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THE STORY

The daycare gate across the river, at drop-off and at pick-up, in Hana's first week. Ms. Endo is plain with Hana and polite with her parents; Yui and Ben are polite with her.

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はな ちゃん、 おはよう。 えんどう せんせい です。Hana-chan, ohayō. Endō-sensei desuGood morning, Hana. I'm Ms. Endo.
いちにち にじかん です ね。ichinichi ni-jikan desu neIt's two hours a day, isn't it?
えんえん ないて も、 ふつう です よ。en-en naite mo, futsū desu yoEven if she cries, that's normal.
ミルク の あと は、 すやすや ねます。miruku no ato wa, suyasuya nemasuAfter her milk, she sleeps soundly.
いちばん すき な もの は？ichiban suki na mono waAnd her favourite thing?
ねこ に、 げらげら わらいます。neko ni, geragera waraimasuShe laughs out loud at the cat.
すこし ないて、 ぐっすり ねて、 にこにこ でした。sukoshi naite, gussuri nete, nikoniko deshitaShe cried a little, slept deeply, and was all smiles.
パパ より、 いい こ です ね。papa yori, ii ko desu neA better kid than her dad.