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Featured Kanji
(やすむ・キュウ)
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Vocabulary

  • — to lose
  • — ticket
  • — day off; break
  • — day
  • — I; me
  • — movie theater
  • — front; before
  • — to wait
  • — bag
  • — to see; to look
  • — there isn’t
  • — to hurry
  • — coat
  • — pocket
  • — at that time; just then
  • — man; male
  • — child
  • — to bring (carry and come)
  • — you
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — yes
  • — thank you
  • — to say
  • — to receive; to get
  • — together
  • — movie
  • — can do; be able to

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. (“I was able to watch the movie together with Maria.”)
  • 〜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. (“On my day off, I was waiting for Maria in front of the movie theater.”)

English

The Lost Ticket

On my day off, I was waiting for Maria in front of the movie theater.
I looked in my bag, but the ticket wasn’t there.
I hurriedly looked in my coat pocket too.
Just then, a boy brought over a ticket and asked, “Is it yours?”
I said, “Yes, thank you,” and took the ticket.
I was able to watch the movie together with Maria.