いぬ映画えいが






Featured Kanji
(よん・よ・よつ・シ)
four

Vocabulary

  • — dog
  • — movie; film
  • — last week
  • — Friday
  • — I; me
  • — alone; one person
  • — movie theater
  • — to go
  • — anime
  • — to exist (inanimate); to have
  • — to like (na-adjective)
  • — long
  • — 3:30
  • — 4:30
  • — 5:00
  • — station
  • — to meet
  • — to watch; to see
  • — can do; be able to
  • — person
  • — ticket
  • — one (flat item counter, e.g., a ticket)
  • — to say

Grammar / Notes

  • Duration/range with : Use to mark the start time and to mark the end time. Example: (The dog movie was from 3:30 to 4:30.)
  • Comparison with : Use AB to say “A is more ~ than B.” Example: (The anime movie was longer than the dog movie.)
  • Ability with : Use verb dictionary form + to say “could not do.” Example: (I could not watch a long movie.)
  • Counter : Use this counter for thin, flat things like tickets, sheets of paper, and photos. Example: (Please give me one ticket for the dog movie.)

English

The Dog Movie

Last Friday, I went to the movie theater alone.
There was an anime movie and a dog movie.
I like anime, but the anime movie was longer than the dog movie.
The dog movie was from 3:30 to 4:30.
I was meeting Maria-san at the station at 5:00, so I could not watch a long movie.
So I said to the person at the movie theater, “Well then, please give me one ticket for the dog movie.”