いちばん冷つめたい飲のみ物もの






Featured Kanji
(なに・なん・カ)
what

Vocabulary

  • — the most; number one
  • — cold (to the touch); chilled
  • — drink; beverage
  • — August
  • — Japan
  • — very
  • — hot (weather)
  • — to buy
  • — station
  • — supermarket
  • — to go
  • — but; however
  • — water
  • — to exist; to have (inanimate things)
  • — person
  • — what
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — tea
  • — to take out; to serve; to put out
  • — delicious; tasty

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜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 . (“Because I want to buy a cold drink, I went to the supermarket at the station.”)
  • いちばん (the most) before an adjective marks the highest degree (‘the most …’); the group compared is often given with . (“I asked a supermarket staff member, ‘What is the coldest drink?’”)
  • 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 . (“The tea was very cold and delicious.”)

English

The Coldest Drink

August in Japan is very hot.
Because I want to buy a cold drink, I went to the supermarket at the station.
But there was no cold water.
I asked a supermarket staff member, ‘What is the coldest drink?‘
That person took out cold tea.
The tea was very cold and delicious.