あたまうえ眼鏡めがね






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Vocabulary

  • — head
  • — on top of; above
  • — glasses
  • — Sunday
  • — morning
  • — I; me
  • — house; home
  • — warm
  • — tea (green tea)
  • — to drink
  • — after that; then
  • — newspaper
  • — to read
  • — there isn’t; I don’t have (polite negative of あります)
  • — desk
  • — under; below
  • — to see; to look
  • — wife
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — to say
  • — really; truly
  • — immediately; right away

Grammar / Notes

  • Using the -form to list actions (: This pattern lists representative actions (often two or more) and implies “things like … and …”. Example from the story:

English

Glasses on the Head

On Sunday morning, I drank warm green tea at home.
Then, I wanted to read the newspaper, but my glasses were not there.
I did things like looking under the desk and asking my wife.
My wife said, “They are on your head.”
The glasses were really on my head.
I said, “Ah, is that so,” and immediately read the newspaper.