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🇯🇵 Japanese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

A Parcel from Toronto

On Christmas Eve, a parcel comes from Ben's parents and his sister Emma, with maple syrup and two very warm coats, for Canada. After dinner Ben and Yui give each other their presents, and Yui's is something Ben has needed for a long time. Then it's breakfast time in Toronto, and Emma tries her Japanese on a video call. Learn kureru, morau and ageru, for what you give and what you get, seen from both sides, and with a verb before them (okutte kureta, erande kureta, tsukutte moratta).

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THE STORY

Friday, December the twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-seven, Christmas Eve. Ben comes home from work with a Christmas cake, and Yui is waiting with a big box from Toronto. After dinner they give each other their presents, and Yui's is something Ben has needed for a long time. At ten, it's eight in the morning in Toronto, and Emma tries her Japanese on a video call. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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おくって くれたokutte kuretasent, for us
はは が おくって くれた ん だ。haha ga okutte kureta n daMum's sent it to us.
あたたかそうatatakasōlooks warm
すごく あたたかそう。sugoku atatakasōThey look really warm.
くる とき の ため にkuru toki no tame nifor when you come
カナダ に くる とき の ため に。Kanada ni kuru toki no tame niFor when you come to Canada.
エマ さん から も カード が ある。Ema-san kara mo kādo ga aruThere's a card from Emma too.
これ、 ぼく から。 メリー クリスマス。kore, boku kara. merī kurisumasuThis is from me. Merry Christmas.
まさかmasakano way
まさか。 かった ん だ よ。masaka. katta n da yoNo way. I bought it.

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