父ちちの車くるま






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(おくる・ソウ)
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Vocabulary

  • — father
  • — car
  • — this morning
  • — seven o’clock
  • — forty minutes
  • — I; me
  • — house; home
  • — breakfast
  • — eat
  • — eight o’clock
  • — train
  • — ride; get on
  • — station
  • — walk
  • — time
  • — there isn’t; don’t have
  • — send; drive/take (someone) (e.g., to the station)
  • — say
  • — five minutes
  • — arrive
  • — driving
  • — very
  • — skillful; good at (something)
  • — right away; soon

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜がじょうずです / へたです Noun + says someone is good at something, and noun + that they are bad at it. The skill takes . (“My father is very good at driving.”)
  • 〜てください (please do) attaches to the て-form of a verb to make a polite request or give a polite instruction. (“So I said to my father, ‘Please take me to the station by car.’”)

English

My Father’s Car

At 7:40 this morning, I was still eating breakfast at home.
I wanted to take the eight o’clock train, but there was no time to walk to the station.
So I said to my father, “Please take me to the station by car.”
My father said, “Sure, we’ll be there in five minutes.”
My father is very good at driving.
We arrived at the station right away, and I took the eight o’clock train.