McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 7
Sue and Mary will stand by the cage, and the bird will sing.
スーとメアリーは籠のそばに立ち、鳥は歌うでしょう。
There are birds in the tree by the pond.
池のそばの木に鳥がいます。
Can you see them?
あなたには見えますか？
Yes; there are five of them in a nest.
はい、巣の中に五羽います。
Tom will not rob a bird's nest.
トムは鳥の巣を荒らしません。
He is too kind to do so.
彼はそんなことをするには優しすぎます。
Nell will feed the ducks.
ネルはアヒルに餌をやるでしょう。
Sue has a new dress.
スーは新しいドレスを持っています。
What bird is this?
これはどんな鳥ですか？
It is an owl.
それはフクロウです。
What big eyes it has!
なんと大きな目をしているのでしょう！
Yes, but it can not see well by day.
はい、でも昼間はよく見えません。
The owl can see best at night.
フクロウは夜に最もよく見えます。
Nat Pond has a pet owl.
ナット・ポンドはペットのフクロウを飼っています。
The day is hot.
今日は暑いです。
The cows are in the shade of the big tree.
牛たちは大きな木の陰にいます。
They feed on the new grass.
彼らは新しい草を食べています。
Our cows do not run off.
私たちの牛は逃げません。
At night they come to the barn.
夜になると彼らは納屋に来ます。
The sun will soon set.
太陽はまもなく沈むでしょう。
The cows are on their way to the barn.
牛たちは納屋へ向かっています。
One old cow has a bell on her neck.
一頭の年老いた牛は首に鈴をつけています。
She sees our dog, but she will not run.
彼女は私たちの犬を見ますが、逃げません。
Our dog is kind to the cows.
私たちの犬は牛に優しいです。
Vocabulary
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle.
- 籠
- kago — Basket; cage; woven container.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle.
- そば
- soba — Near; beside; close to something.
- に
- ni — Direction, location, or time particle.
- 立ち
- tachi — Standing; to stand (stem form).
- 鳥
- tori — Bird; fowl.
- 歌う
- utau — To sing a song.
- でしょう
- deshō — Probably; I suppose; right? (soft assertion).
- 池
- ike — Pond; small body of water.
- 木
- ki — Tree; wood.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle.
- い
- i — To exist; to be (for living things, stem).
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending marker.
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun.
- 見え
- mie — To be visible; can be seen (stem).
- か
- ka — Question marker particle.
- はい
- hai — Yes; affirmative response.
- 巣
- su — Nest; den; burrow of an animal.
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; within something.
- 五羽
- gowa — Five birds (counter for birds).
- を
- wo — Object marker particle.
- 荒らし
- arashi — To disturb; ransack; mess up (stem).
- ませ
- mase — Polite imperative or negative verb ending.
- ん
- n — Negative contraction; explanatory particle.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person male pronoun.
- そんな
- sonna — Such; that kind of; like that.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; abstract noun.
- する
- suru — To do; to make; to perform.
- 優し
- yashi — Kind; gentle; tender (adjective stem).
- すぎ
- sugi — Too much; excessively (suffix).
- アヒル
- ahiru — Duck; domesticated water bird.
- 餌
- esa — Food; feed for animals; bait.
- やる
- yaru — To give; to do (casual form).
- 新しい
- atarashii — New; fresh; recent.
- ドレス
- doresu — Dress; woman's formal garment.
- 持っ
- mot(te) — To hold; to have; to carry (stem).
- て
- te — Connecting particle linking verb phrases.
- これ
- kore — This; this thing here.
- どんな
- donna — What kind of; what sort of.
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning is/are/am.
- それ
- sore — That; that thing (near listener).
- フクロウ
- fukurō — Owl; nocturnal bird of prey.
- なんと
- nanto — How; what (exclamatory expression of surprise).
- 大きな
- ōkina — Big; large; great (prenominal adjective).
- 目
- me — Eye; sight; vision.
- し
- shi — And; doing (conjunctive verb form).
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (animate beings).
- でも
- demo — But; however; even so.
- 昼間
- hiruma — Daytime; during the day.
- よく
- yoku — Well; often; frequently.
- 夜
- yoru — Night; nighttime; evening.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; extremely (superlative adverb).
- ポンド
- pondo — Pound (unit of currency or weight).
- ペット
- petto — Pet; domesticated companion animal.
- 飼っ
- ka(tte) — To keep; to raise an animal (stem).
- 今日
- kyō — Today; this day.
- 暑い
- atsui — Hot (weather or temperature).
- 牛
- ushi — Cow; cattle; ox.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animals.
- 陰
- kage — Shade; shadow; shelter from sun.
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; third-person plural pronoun.
- 草
- kusa — Grass; weed; plant.
- 食べ
- tabe — To eat (stem form of taberu).
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun.
- 逃げ
- nige — To flee; to escape; to run away (stem).
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into.
- 納屋
- naya — Barn; shed; storehouse.
- 来
- ki — To come (stem form of kuru).
- 太陽
- taiyō — The sun; solar body.
- まもなく
- mamonaku — Soon; before long; shortly.
- 沈む
- shizumu — To sink; to set (sun); to submerge.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward; to.
- 向かっ
- muka(tte) — To head toward; to face (stem).
- 一頭
- ittō — One large animal (counter for animals).
- 年老いた
- toshioita — Old; aged; elderly (describing animals/people).
- 首
- kubi — Neck; head; throat area.
- 鈴
- suzu — Bell; small jingling bell.
- つけ
- tsuke — To attach; to put on; to fasten (stem).
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend.
- 犬
- inu — Dog; domestic canine.
- 見
- mi — To look; to see; to watch (stem).
- 優しい
- yasashii — Kind; gentle; tender; mild.
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