犬いぬの映画えいが






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

  • 〜から〜まで and durations marks the start and the end of a span (‘from … to …’). A duration counter such as or says how long something lasts. (“The dog movie was from 3:30 to 4:30.”)
  • A は B より〜です A B 〜 compares two things: A is more … than B. marks the thing compared against. (“I like anime, but the anime movie was longer than the dog movie.”)
  • 〜ことができます (can) Dictionary form + says that someone is able to do something, or that it is possible to do it. (“I was meeting Maria-san at the station at 5:00, so I could not watch a long 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.”