プールで泳およぐ






Featured Kanji
(あいだ・ま・カン)
between

Vocabulary

  • — pool
  • — to swim
  • — Wednesday
  • — evening
  • — I; me
  • — friend
  • — to go
  • — good at (something)
  • — water
  • — inside
  • — to enter; to go in
  • — a little
  • — scary; afraid
  • — okay; all right
  • — slowly
  • — to walk
  • — to say
  • — after that; then
  • — together
  • — one hour
  • — about; approximately
  • — to practice
  • — last; end

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. (“My friend is good at swimming, but I cannot swim.”)
  • Sentence-final ね at the end of a sentence seeks agreement or shares a feeling with the listener, like ‘isn’t it?’ or ‘right?’. (“My friend said, ‘It’s okay. Let’s walk slowly.’”)
  • 〜ぐらい / 〜くらい (about) or after an amount or a length of time means ‘about’ or ‘approximately’. (“After that, we practiced together for about one hour.”)

English

Swimming at the Pool

On Wednesday evening, I went to the pool with my friend.
My friend is good at swimming, but I cannot swim.
I got into the water, but I was a little scared.
My friend said, “It’s okay. Let’s walk slowly.”
After that, we practiced together for about one hour.
In the end, I was able to swim a little.