Unit 9 · What happened
あまいプレゼント
A Sweet Present
3 minutes · 8 short sentences
Before you read
A few words to get you started
- ケーキ
- cake
- あまい
- sweet
- おいしい
- delicious
Read about something that happened
パンをたべました。
I ate bread.
ました is the polite past ending of a verb. Compare たべます (eat) with たべました (ate). ませんでした means an action did not happen.
Small words and names in this story
- あや
- Aya
- けん
- Ken
Tap a word for help. Reveal English when you need it.
。
Aya bought a cake.
。
The cake is small.
。
Aya went to Ken’s home.
「、。」
“Ken, it is a present.”
。
Ken ate the cake.
「。」
“It is a sweet cake.”
。
Aya ate some cake too.
「、。」
“Yes, it is delicious.”
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 →Place of Action with で →