の、リナはみどりのへ。のについてのをたいからです。でカードを見せました。
N5 graded Japanese story
図書館の一冊
One Library Book
6 sentences · about 6 minutes
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を、のの立ちました。がて、どれをかました。なら、ずつ読めそうです。
のが「を読んだことがありますか」と。リナはをました。
リナは「はい、あります。でも、がはまだ読めません」と。のタイトルを読みました。
のはがてなをしました。「このなら、ことができます」をと、がです。
リナはを、ページ読みました。はかりませんでしたが、のことをことができてうれしかったです。に、もつもりです。
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
- 案内あんない
- guidance; information
- 棚たな
- shelf
- 借りるかりる
- to borrow
- 簡単かんたん
- easy; simple
- 図書館としょかん
- library
- 本ほん
- book
- 返すかえす
- to return
- 読むよむ
- to read
What to notice
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story07-p1
短い本を · 読んだことがありますか
たことがあります asks about a past experience.
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story07-p2
少し読む · ことができます
ことができます expresses ability.
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story07-p3
この本を · 借りてもいいですか
The permission pattern asks whether borrowing is allowed.
Check your understanding
1. Why does Rina go to the library?
Answer: She wants to borrow a book about local life. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. Why does she hesitate?
Answer: Many books look difficult. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. What kind of book does the library worker recommend?
Answer: A simple book with many pictures. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. What is Rina able to do?
Answer: She is able to read one page. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
A Place to Share companion
Practice after reading
No-furigana second pass
リナは何を借りましたか。
Eight book words
Preview
案内
あんない
notice; guidance
Preview
棚
たな
shelf
Preview
借りる
かりる
to borrow
Preview
簡単
かんたん
easy; simple
Support
図書館
としょかん
library
Support
本
ほん
book
Support
読む
よむ
to read
Sentence Lab
短い本を読んだことがありますか。
Have you ever read a short book?
たことがあります asks about a past experience.
少し読むことができます。
I can read a little.
ことができます expresses ability.
この本を借りてもいいですか。
May I borrow this book?
The permission pattern asks whether borrowing is allowed.
Grammar notes
〜たことがあります
Use this to ask or talk about a past experience.
日本語の本を読んだことがあります。
I have read a Japanese book.
〜ことができます
Use this to say that someone can do something.
短い本なら読むことができます。
I can read a short book.
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
- • Why is one page a useful goal?
- • What kind of short reading would you choose?
- • How does Rina make the task manageable?
These prompts are not stored.
How confident did this reread feel?
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