山やまの花はな






Featured Kanji
(テン)
heaven

Vocabulary

  • — mountain
  • — flower
  • — Saturday
  • — I; me
  • — teacher
  • — go
  • — weather
  • — healthy; energetic
  • — walk
  • — road; path
  • — near; close
  • — beautiful; clean
  • — want (something)
  • — hand
  • — put out; extend
  • — time; when
  • — take; pick (up)
  • — say
  • — sorry; excuse me

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜ないでください (please don’t) attaches to the ない-form of a verb to ask someone politely not to do something. (“At that time, my teacher said, ‘Please do not take the flower.’”)
  • Adjectives as adverbs (〜く / 〜に) An adjective describes a verb by changing its ending: an i-adjective replaces with ( becomes ) and a na-adjective takes , as in and . (“Because the weather was good, I walked cheerfully.”)

English

The Mountain Flower

On Saturday, I went to the mountain with my teacher.
Because the weather was good, I walked cheerfully.
There was a beautiful flower near the path.
I wanted the flower, so I reached out my hand.
At that time, my teacher said, “Please do not take the flower.”
I said, “I’m sorry.”