歌うたのテープ






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(かりる・シャク)
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Vocabulary

  • — song
  • — tape
  • — Thursday
  • — I; me
  • — room
  • — old
  • — find (discover)
  • — name
  • — listen; hear; ask
  • — liked; favorite
  • — tape recorder
  • — Friday
  • — Monday
  • — bring (carry and come)
  • — say; tell
  • — happy; glad

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜のがすきです (like doing) To say someone likes doing something, the dictionary-form verb is turned into a noun with and followed by . (“I like listening to songs, but I didn’t have a tape recorder.”)
  • 〜が (but) between two clauses means ‘but’ and joins two contrasting ideas into one sentence. The first clause usually ends in the polite form. (“I like listening to songs, but I didn’t have a tape recorder.”)

English

The Song Tape

On Thursday, I found an old tape of songs in my room.
There was no song title on the tape.
I like listening to songs, but I didn’t have a tape recorder.
On Friday, I asked Tanaka, “Do you have a tape recorder?”
Tanaka said, “I’ll bring it on Monday.”
On Monday, I listened to the songs on Tanaka’s tape recorder, and I was happy.