動物園どうぶつえんのライオン






Featured Kanji
(すくない・すこし・ショウ)
few

Vocabulary

  • — zoo
  • — lion
  • — now
  • — I; me
  • — Maria (polite name)
  • — to see; to watch; to look at
  • — tree
  • — under; below
  • — to sleep
  • — a little
  • — sleepy
  • — to sit
  • — chair
  • — well then; in that case
  • — over there
  • — dining hall; cafeteria
  • — coffee
  • — to drink
  • — to rest; to take a break
  • — together
  • — to go
  • — inside
  • — very
  • — cool (weather/temperature)

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜ませんか / 〜ましょう invites someone to do something together (‘won’t you …?’); suggests it (‘let’s …’), and can suggest doing something together (‘shall we …?’) or offer to do something (‘shall I …?’). (“‘Well then, shall we drink coffee and rest at that dining hall over there?’”)
  • 〜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. (“Right now, I am looking at the lions at the zoo with Maria.”)

English

The Lions at the Zoo

Right now, I am looking at the lions at the zoo with Maria.
The lions are sleeping under the tree.
I am also a little sleepy and want to sit, but there are no chairs here.
”Well then, shall we drink coffee and rest at that dining hall over there?”
We went to the dining hall together.
Inside the dining hall is very cool.