公園こうえんの鳥とり






Featured Kanji
(おとこ・ダン・ナン)
man

Vocabulary

  • — park
  • — bird
  • — this morning
  • — I; me
  • — to go
  • — to see; to look
  • — white
  • — near; nearby
  • — to come
  • — bread
  • — to give (to someone/something)
  • — man; male
  • — person
  • — to say
  • — sorry; excuse me
  • — immediately; right away
  • — bag
  • — inside
  • — to put in; to insert
  • — photo; picture
  • — one (flat item counter, e.g. one photo)
  • — to take (a photo)

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜てはいけません (must not) attaches to the て-form and forbids an action: ‘you must not …’. (“But a man said, ‘You must not give bread to the birds here.’”)
  • 〜だけ and counters after a noun or a counter means ‘only’. A counter such as , or gives a number of things and usually stands right before the verb. (“Therefore, I took only one picture of the bird.”)

English

The Bird in the Park

This morning, I went to the park to see birds.
Because a white bird came close, I wanted to give it some bread.
But a man said, “You must not give bread to the birds here.”
I said “I’m sorry” and immediately put the bread inside my bag.
The man said, “Pictures are fine.”
Therefore, I took only one picture of the bird.