病院びょういんの電話でんわ






Featured Kanji
(やすむ・キュウ)
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Vocabulary

  • — hospital
  • — phone; telephone
  • — the day before yesterday
  • — I; me
  • — to wait
  • — lobby
  • — wide; spacious
  • — very
  • — quiet
  • — family
  • — to make (a phone call)
  • — to say
  • — still; not yet
  • — but
  • — voice
  • — a little
  • — big; loud (voice)
  • — doctor
  • — to come
  • — to talk; to speak
  • — to be surprised
  • — sorry; excuse me

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜ないでください (please don’t) attaches to the ない-form of a verb to ask someone politely not to do something. (“A doctor came and said, ‘Please do not talk here.’”)
  • Linking adjectives (〜くて / 〜で) To describe something with two adjectives, an i-adjective drops and takes ( becomes ), and a na-adjective or noun takes ; only the last one carries . (“The lobby was spacious and very quiet.”)

English

Phone Call at the Hospital

The day before yesterday, I was waiting at the hospital.
The lobby was spacious and very quiet.
I called my family and said, “I’m still waiting.”
But because the lobby was quiet, my voice was a little loud.
A doctor came and said, “Please do not talk here.”
I was surprised and said, “I’m sorry.”