McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 19
The little girl now thought how dearly her own mother loved her.
その小さな女の子は、自分のお母さんがどれほど深く自分を愛しているかを思った。
So she left the birds.
それで彼女は鳥たちのそばを離れた。
Then picking some flowers, she went home, and told her mother what she had seen and heard.
それから花をいくつか摘んで、家に帰り、見たことや聞いたことをお母さんに話した。
"Mamma, will you go to town?"
「ママ、町に行きますか？」
"What do you ask for a ticket on your train?"
「あなたの汽車の切符はいくらですか？」
"Oh! we will give you a ticket, mamma."
「まあ！切符を差し上げますよ、ママ。」
"About what time will you get back?"
「何時頃に戻りますか？」
"At half past eight."
「八時半です。」
"Ah! that is after bedtime.
「ああ！それは寝る時間の後ですね。
Is this the fast train?"
これは急行列車ですか？」
"Yes, this is the lightning train."
「はい、これは稲妻のように速い列車です。」
"Oh! that is too fast for me."
「まあ！それは私には速すぎます。」
"What shall we get for you in town, mamma?"
「ママ、町で何を買ってきましょうか？」
"A big basket, with two good little children in it."
「二人の良い小さな子どもが入った大きなかごです。」
"All right! Time is up! Ding, ding!"
「よし！時間です！ディン、ディン！」
It is noon, and the school is out.
正午になり、学校は終わりました。
Do you see the children at play?
遊んでいる子どもたちが見えますか？
Some run and jump, some play ball, and three little girls play school under a tree.
走ったり跳んだりする子もいれば、ボールで遊ぶ子もいて、三人の小さな女の子は木の下でままごと学校をしています。
What a big room for such a small school!
こんなに小さな学校にしては、なんと広い部屋でしょう！
Mary is the teacher.
メアリーが先生です。
They all have books in their hands, and Fanny is reading.
みんな手に本を持っていて、ファニーが読んでいます。
Vocabulary
- その
- sono — That (thing near the listener).
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small, little, tiny.
- 女の子
- onna no ko — Girl, young female child.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking grammatical particle.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, one's own self.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle.
- お母さん
- okaasan — Mother (polite form).
- が
- ga — Subject-marking grammatical particle.
- どれほど
- dorehodo — How much, to what extent.
- 深く
- fukaku — Deeply, profoundly (adverbial form).
- を
- wo — Object-marking grammatical particle.
- 愛して
- aishite — Loving, to love (te-form).
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (animate beings).
- か
- ka — Question marker particle.
- 思った
- omotta — Thought, wondered (past tense).
- それで
- sorede — So, therefore, and then.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She, her, girlfriend.
- 鳥たち
- tori-tachi — Birds (plural suffix added).
- そば
- soba — Near, beside, close to.
- 離れた
- hanareta — Left, moved away from (past tense).
- それから
- sorekara — After that, then, and next.
- 花
- hana — Flower, blossom.
- いくつか
- ikutsuka — Some, a few, several.
- 摘んで
- tsunde — Picking, plucking flowers (te-form).
- 家
- ie — House, home.
- に
- ni — Direction or location particle.
- 帰り
- kaeri — Returning home, going back.
- 見た
- mita — Saw, looked at (past tense).
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter (abstract).
- や
- ya — And, listing particle (non-exhaustive).
- 聞いた
- kiita — Heard, listened to (past tense).
- 話した
- hanashita — Spoke, talked about (past tense).
- ママ
- mama — Mom, mama (informal Western term).
- 町
- machi — Town, city, neighborhood.
- 行き
- iki — Going (stem or noun form).
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending marker.
- あなた
- anata — You (second-person pronoun).
- 汽車
- kisha — Steam train, railway locomotive.
- 切符
- kippu — Ticket (for transport or events).
- いくら
- ikura — How much (price or quantity).
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is/am/are'.
- まあ
- maa — Oh my, well, expression of mild surprise.
- 差し上げ
- sashiage — Humble form of giving (to someone respected).
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting information.
- 何時
- nanji — What time (asking the hour).
- 頃
- koro — Around, about (approximate time).
- 戻り
- modori — Returning, coming back (noun/stem form).
- 八時
- hachiji — Eight o'clock.
- 半
- han — Half, thirty minutes past the hour.
- ああ
- aa — Ah, oh (expression of realization or emotion).
- それ
- sore — That (thing near the listener).
- 寝る
- neru — To sleep, to go to bed.
- 時間
- jikan — Time, hour, duration.
- 後
- ato / go — After, later, behind.
- ね
- ne — Sentence-ending particle seeking agreement.
- これ
- kore — This (thing near the speaker).
- 急行
- kyuukou — Express (train or service).
- 列車
- ressha — Train, railway car.
- はい
- hai — Yes, that is correct.
- 稲妻
- inazuma — Lightning bolt, flash of lightning.
- よう
- you — Like, as if, resembling something.
- 速い
- hayai — Fast, quick, swift.
- 私
- watashi — I, me (first-person pronoun).
- 速
- haya — Speed, fast (root/stem form).
- すぎ
- sugi — Too much, excessively (suffix).
- で
- de — At, by, with (instrumental particle).
- 何
- nani / nan — What (interrogative pronoun).
- 買って
- katte — Buying, having bought (te-form).
- き
- ki — Came (stem of kuru, to come).
- ましょう
- mashou — Let's do, shall we (volitional polite).
- 二人
- futari — Two people, a pair.
- 良い
- yoi / ii — Good, nice, fine.
- 子ども
- kodomo — Child, children.
- 入った
- haitta — Entered, went inside (past tense).
- 大きな
- ookina — Big, large, great.
- かご
- kago — Basket, cage, container.
- よし
- yoshi — Alright, okay, good (exclamation).
- 正午
- shougo — Noon, midday, twelve o'clock.
- なり
- nari — Became, turned into (classical form).
- 学校
- gakkou — School, educational institution.
- 終わり
- owari — End, finish, conclusion.
- ました
- mashita — Polite past tense verb ending.
- 遊んで
- asonde — Playing, having fun (te-form).
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate nouns.
- 見え
- mie — Visible, can be seen (stem form).
- 走っ
- hashi(tte) — Running (stem/te-form of hashiru).
- たり
- tari — Listing actions alternately (tari~tari form).
- 跳ん
- ton(de) — Jumping, leaping (stem of tobu).
- だり
- dari — Alternating action list suffix (plain form).
- する
- suru — To do, to perform an action.
- 子
- ko — Child, young one.
- も
- mo — Also, too, even (particle).
- いれば
- ireba — If there is/are (conditional of iru).
- ボール
- booru — Ball (loanword from English).
- 遊ぶ
- asobu — To play, to have fun.
- いて
- ite — Being, existing there (te-form of iru).
- 三人
- sannin — Three people.
- 木
- ki — Tree, wood.
- 下
- shita — Below, under, beneath.
- ままごと
- mamagoto — Playing house, children's pretend cooking game.
- して
- shite — Doing (te-form of suru).
- い
- i — Being (short form of iru, to exist).
- こんな
- konna — This kind of, such (near speaker).
- なんと
- nanto — How, what a (exclamatory expression).
- 広い
- hiroi — Wide, spacious, broad.
- 部屋
- heya — Room, chamber in a building.
- でしょう
- deshou — Probably, isn't it (conjecture/softened assertion).
- 先生
- sensei — Teacher, instructor, respected professional.
- みんな
- minna — Everyone, all of them.
- 手
- te — Hand, arm.
- 本
- hon — Book, volume.
- 持って
- motte — Holding, carrying (te-form of motsu).
- 読んで
- yonde — Reading (te-form of yomu).
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