Unit 9 · What happened
こうえんのいす
A Seat in the Park
3 minutes · 8 short sentences
Before you read
A few words to get you started
- こうえん
- park
- おおい
- many; numerous
- すわる
- to sit
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
- ゆい
- Yui
Tap a word for help. Reveal English when you need it.
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Yui went to the park.
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There are many people at the front of the park.
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There are people on the seats too.
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Yui walked as far as the tree.
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There was a small seat there.
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No one is on the seat.
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Yui sat on the seat.
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Then she read a book under the tree.
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 →