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Unit 5 · Everyday actions

いえにかえります

Going Home

2 minutes · 6 short sentences

Before you read

A few words to get you started

いえ
home; house
いく
to go
かえる
to return home
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
そして
and then
はる
Haru
あや
Aya

Tap a word for help. Reveal English when you need it.

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After you read

What happened?

Two small checks. You can look back and try again.

1. What color is Aya’s cat?
2. Where does Haru find his own cat?

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.

Next story →

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 →

Read familiar words again

Story 21 · ほんのねこ →Story 22 · えんぴつのてがみ →