海うみの写真しゃしん






Featured Kanji
(とし・ネン)
year

Vocabulary

  • — sea, ocean
  • — photo, picture
  • — last year
  • — summer
  • — Maria (Ms. Maria)
  • — dog
  • — to go
  • — the most
  • — liked; favorite (na-adjective)
  • — to swim
  • — I; me
  • — swimming (the act of swimming)
  • — can; be able to
  • — healthy; energetic
  • — to take (a photo)
  • — to see; to look
  • — very
  • — skilled; good at (na-adjective)
  • — to say
  • — to enter
  • — fun; enjoyable (i-adjective)
  • — one day; a day

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜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. (“But, I could not swim.”)
  • いちばん (the most) before an adjective marks the highest degree (‘the most …’); the group compared is often given with . (“Maria liked the sea the best, so she swam a lot with the dog.”)

English

Photos of the Sea

Last summer, I went to the sea with Maria and a dog.
Maria liked the sea the best, so she swam a lot with the dog.
But, I could not swim.
So, I took many pictures of the energetic dog and Maria.
Maria looked at the pictures and said, “You are very good at this.”
I did not enter the sea, but it was a very fun day.