の、さんが「、の小さながあります」と。マヤはさんに「をか」と。
N5 graded Japanese story
町の小さな集まり
A Small Neighborhood Gathering
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マヤはしました。のをまだよく知りません。でも、「みます」と。
では、のをしていました。はを切ったり、を運んだりしていました。
ユキさんが「マヤさん、こちらでいっしょにましょう」と。マヤはのを、をました。
さんは「のといっしょにのはと思いますか」と。マヤは「はい、と思います」と。
、マヤはのを覚えました。のでは、マヤも何かをたいと。とき、みんなが「またください」と。マヤは「ありがとうございます」と言い、うれしくなりました。
Related lessons
Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
RN1 / Early N5: a reviewed connected-reader story using full furigana and controlled support language.
Key words in context
- 集まりあつまり
- gathering
- 一緒いっしょ
- together
- 作るつくる
- to make
- 祭りまつり
- festival
- 緊張きんちょう
- nervousness
- 準備じゅんび
- preparation
- 切るきる
- to cut
- 働くはたらく
- to work
What to notice
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story08-p1
野菜を切ったり · 机を運んだり
The listing pattern gives representative actions.
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story08-p2
楽しいと · 思います
The thought pattern marks what comes before a thought.
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story08-p3
いっしょに · 作りましょう
The suggestion pattern makes a friendly invitation.
Check your understanding
1. Why is Maya nervous?
Answer: She does not know many people in the neighborhood yet. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. What are people preparing?
Answer: They are preparing for a festival. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. Who invites Maya to make something together?
Answer: Yuki invites her. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. What does Maya want to do next month?
Answer: She wants to make something herself. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
A Place to Begin companion
Practice after reading
No-furigana second pass
マヤは集まりで何を作りましたか。
Eight book words
Preview
集まり
あつまり
gathering
Preview
祭り
まつり
festival
Support
緊張
きんちょう
tension; nervousness
Support
準備
じゅんび
preparation
Support
働く
はたらく
to work
Sentence Lab
野菜を切ったり、机を運んだりしました。
We cut vegetables, carried tables, and did other things.
The listing pattern gives representative actions.
楽しいと思います。
I think it is fun.
The thought pattern marks what comes before a thought.
いっしょに作りましょう。
Let us make it together.
The suggestion pattern makes a friendly invitation.
Grammar notes
〜たり、〜たりします
た-form + り lists representative actions. Add します at the end; the list gives examples and does not include every action.
料理を作ったり、話したりします。
We make food, talk, and do other things.
〜と思います
A plain statement + と 思います says I think. Use と to mark the thought or opinion before 思います.
町の人といっしょに働くのは楽しいと思います。
I think working with people in the neighborhood is fun.
Reread checklist
- • Read the Japanese again without stopping.
- • Cover the translation and retell the problem and ending.
- • Choose one sentence to read aloud twice.
- • Return in two to four days and read once more.
Reflect
- • What helps Maya stay instead of leaving?
- • Which local activity would you enjoy joining?
- • How does remembering names change the ending?
These prompts are not stored.
How confident did this reread feel?
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