公園こうえんの自転車じてんしゃ






Featured Kanji
(おおきい・タイ・ダイ)
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Vocabulary

  • — park
  • — bicycle
  • — today
  • — I; me
  • — bench
  • — to sit (polite)
  • — small
  • — boy
  • — flower
  • — near; nearby
  • — to ride; to get on (polite)
  • — this
  • — must not; not allowed
  • — to say; to tell (polite)
  • — now
  • — to get off; to descend (polite)
  • — to walk (polite)
  • — good; nice
  • — weather
  • — quiet (na-adjective)
  • — liked; favorite

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜てはいけません (must not) attaches to the て-form and forbids an action: ‘you must not …’. (“In this park, you must not ride a bicycle.”)
  • 〜ています (in progress) attaches to the て-form and describes an action that is going on right now, like the English ‘-ing’ form. (“Today, I am sitting on a park bench.”)

English

Bicycle in the Park

Today, I am sitting on a park bench.
A small boy is riding a bicycle near the flowers.
In this park, you must not ride a bicycle.
I said to the boy, ‘You must not do that.‘
Now, the boy has gotten off the bicycle and is walking.
The weather is nice, and I like quiet parks.