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Featured Kanji
(かく・ショ)
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Vocabulary

  • — tea
  • — message
  • — Thursday
  • — three o’clock
  • — I; me
  • — coffee shop; cafe
  • — to wait
  • — to come
  • — to drink
  • — to send
  • — a little; a bit
  • — after; later
  • — to write
  • — promise; appointment
  • — to forget
  • — now
  • — house; home
  • — then; after that
  • — next week
  • — together
  • — to go
  • — happily; glad (adverb form)

Grammar / Notes

  • Time + に A specific point in time — a clock time, a weekday or a date — normally takes the particle to say when something happens: , . (“At three o’clock on Thursday, I waited for Maria at a coffee shop.”)
  • 〜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. (“Because Maria did not come, I sent a message saying, ‘I am drinking tea at a coffee shop now.’”)
  • 〜ませんか / 〜ましょう invites someone to do something together (‘won’t you …?’); suggests it (‘let’s …’), and can suggest doing something together (‘shall we …?’) or offer to do something (‘shall I …?’). (“Then, Maria wrote, ‘Would you like to go to the coffee shop together next week?’”)

English

A Message About Tea

At three o’clock on Thursday, I waited for Maria at a coffee shop.
Because Maria did not come, I sent a message saying, ‘I am drinking tea at a coffee shop now.‘
A little later, a message came from Maria.
Maria wrote, ‘I am sorry, I forgot our appointment, and I am drinking tea at home now.‘
Then, Maria wrote, ‘Would you like to go to the coffee shop together next week?‘
I became happy and sent a message saying, ‘Yes, let’s go together.’