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Unit 9 · What happened

ふるいほんのカード

A Card in an Old Book

3 minutes · 8 short sentences

Before you read

A few words to get you started

ほんや
bookshop
あたらしい
new
ふるい
old (an object)
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
みか
Mika

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After you read

What happened?

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

1. Which book did Mika buy?
2. What was inside?

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.

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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 →

Read familiar words again

Story 41 · あまいプレゼント →Story 43 · でんしゃのまど →