二つのかばん






Featured Kanji
(エン)
yen

Vocabulary

  • — two (things)
  • — bag
  • — the day before yesterday
  • — town
  • — shop; store
  • — to go
  • — black (adj.)
  • — brown (adj.)
  • — to exist; there is/are (for things)
  • — than (used for comparisons)
  • — nice; wonderful
  • — ten thousand (counter unit)
  • — yen
  • — I; me
  • — person
  • — a little
  • — expensive; high
  • — to say
  • — to buy

Grammar / Notes

  • Reason with : Use plain form + to give a reason for what follows (“because…”). Example: “” This means “Because it was expensive, I bought the brown bag.”
  • Comparison with : Use A B (adjective) to say A is more (adjective) than B. Example: “” This means “The black bag was nicer than the brown bag.”

English

Two Bags

The day before yesterday, I went to a bag shop in the town.
There was a black bag and a brown bag in the shop.
The black bag was nicer than the brown bag.
But, the black bag was 50,000 yen.
I said to the shop assistant, “It is a little expensive, isn’t it?”
Because it was expensive, I bought the brown bag.