美術館びじゅつかんの絵え






Featured Kanji
(つかう・シ)
use

Vocabulary

  • — art museum
  • — painting; picture
  • — Saturday
  • — afternoon; p.m.
  • — I; me
  • — come
  • — big; large
  • — beautiful; clean
  • — snow
  • — mountain
  • — photo; photograph
  • — take (a photo); photograph
  • — person
  • — excuse me; sorry
  • — ask; listen; hear
  • — here
  • — flash (camera flash)
  • — use
  • — say; tell

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜てもいいです (may) attaches to the て-form and grants permission (‘you may …’); as a question, , it asks for it. (“I asked a museum staff member, “Excuse me, may I take a photo here?””)
  • Linking adjectives (〜くて / 〜で) To describe something with two adjectives, an i-adjective drops and takes ( becomes ), and a na-adjective or noun takes ; only the last one carries . (“There was a large, beautiful painting of a snowy mountain.”)
  • 〜たいです (want to) attaches to the verb stem (the ます-form without ) to say what the speaker wants to do; the negative is . (“I wanted to take a photo of the painting.”)
  • 〜てはいけません (must not) attaches to the て-form and forbids an action: ‘you must not …’. (“The staff member said, “Yes, you may. But you must not use the flash.””)

English

The Painting at the Museum

On Saturday afternoon, I came to the art museum.
There was a large, beautiful painting of a snowy mountain.
I wanted to take a photo of the painting.
I asked a museum staff member, “Excuse me, may I take a photo here?”
The staff member said, “Yes, you may. But you must not use the flash.”
I took a photo of the painting without using the flash.