赤あかい靴くつ






Featured Kanji
(ちいさい・ショウ)
small

Vocabulary

  • — red
  • — shoes
  • — Sunday
  • — noon; daytime
  • — I; me
  • — buy
  • — department store
  • — go
  • — this
  • — pretty; clean
  • — want (a thing)
  • — put on (footwear); wear (shoes/socks)
  • — foot; leg
  • — a little
  • — small
  • — store clerk
  • — more
  • — big; large
  • — there is; have (inanimate things)
  • — ask; listen
  • — wait
  • — please (request form)
  • — say
  • — same
  • — color
  • — bring (carry and come)
  • — this time; next time
  • — just right; perfect
  • — very
  • — happy; glad
  • — right away; immediately
  • — that

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜がほしいです (want a thing) Noun + says that the speaker wants a thing. The thing wanted takes , not . (“I want these pretty red shoes, but when I put them on, they are a little small for my feet.”)
  • 〜てください (please do) attaches to the て-form of a verb to make a polite request or give a polite instruction. (“The clerk says, “Yes, please wait a moment,” and brings bigger shoes in the same color.”)

English

Red Shoes

On Sunday at noon, I go to a department store to buy shoes.
I want these pretty red shoes, but when I put them on, they are a little small for my feet.
I ask the clerk, “Do you have bigger red shoes?”
The clerk says, “Yes, please wait a moment,” and brings bigger shoes in the same color.
This time, the shoes are just right.
I am very happy, so I buy them right away.