Unit 1 · Names and belongings
おちゃではありません
It Is Not Tea
2 minutes · 6 short sentences
Before you read
A few words to get you started
- コップ
- cup; drinking glass
- おちゃ
- tea
- みず
- water
Say what something is
あやさんのペンです。
It is Aya’s pen.
です makes a polite statement. の links an owner to a thing. Add か at the end to ask a question. は marks the topic and is pronounced わ.
Small words and names in this story
- ではありません
- is not; am not; are not (polite)
- それ
- that thing near the listener
- あや
- Aya
- けん
- Ken
Tap a word for help. Reveal English when you need it.
。
This is Aya’s cup.
「、。」
“Aya, is it tea?”
「、。」
“No, it is not tea.”
「。」
“It is water.”
「。」
“Is that my tea?”
「、。」
“Yes, it is your tea, Ken.”
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.
です: Simple Statements →Possession and Linking with の →