Unit 5 · Everyday actions
ほんのねこ
The Cat in the Book
2 minutes · 6 short sentences
Before you read
A few words to get you started
- よむ
- to read
- みる
- to see; to look
- とる
- to take a photograph
Follow an action
ほんをよみます。
I read a book.
を marks the thing an action acts on and is pronounced お. よみます means “read.” These polite verbs end in ます; tap one to see its dictionary form and meaning.
Small words and names in this story
- ソラ
- Sora
Tap a word for help. Reveal English when you need it.
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Sora reads a book about cats.
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The cat looks at the book too.
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The cat in the book is big.
「。」
“You look at books too, don’t you?”
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Sora takes a photograph of the book and the cat.
。
This is a photograph of the cat and the book.
After you read
What happened?
Two small checks. You can look back and try again.
Ready to finish?
Mark the story as read when you feel ready. The questions are here to help, and you can finish without answering them.
Finding your place…
Explore the pattern
These lessons explain the grammar you just read. Take them whenever you feel ready.
ます-Form and Polite Verbs →Object Marker を →