公園こうえんのお弁当べんとうはし






Featured Kanji
(はは・ボ)
mother

Vocabulary

  • — park
  • — bento (boxed lunch)
  • — chopsticks
  • — child
  • — time; when ~
  • — I; me
  • — mother
  • — sea; ocean
  • — near; nearby
  • — often
  • — to go
  • — outside
  • — lunch
  • — to eat
  • — liked; favorite
  • — day
  • — bench
  • — to take out; to put out
  • — there is/are not; do not have (polite negative of あります)
  • — to forget
  • — to say
  • — supermarket
  • — to buy

Grammar / Notes

  • Noun + + Verb (dictionary form) + + : used to say you like doing something. Example from the story: Here, is turned into a noun-like phrase with , and expresses liking that activity.

English

The Bento and Chopsticks in the Park

When I was a child, I often went to a park near the sea with my mother.
I liked eating lunch outside.
That day, my mother took out the bento at the bench.
But, there were no chopsticks.
My mother said, “Ah, I forgot them, didn’t I.”
We went to a nearby supermarket to buy chopsticks.