McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 32
If you are good, and if you try to learn, your teacher will love you, and you will please your parents.
もし あなたが よい子で あり、学ぼうと 努力すれば、先生は あなたを 愛し、あなたは ご両親を 喜ばせる でしょう。
Be kind to all, and do not waste your time in school.
みんなに 親切に しなさい、そして 学校で 時間を 無駄に しては いけません。
When you go home, you may ask your parents to get you a Second Reader.
家に 帰ったら、ご両親に 「セカンド・リーダー」を 買って くれるよう お願いして も よいでしょう。
PHONIC CHART.
フォニック・チャート。
Vocabulary
- もし
- moshi — If; used to introduce a conditional statement
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person singular pronoun
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- よい子
- yoi ko — Good child; well-behaved or virtuous child
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or state
- あり
- ari — To be; existential verb stem form
- 学ぼう
- manabou — Let's learn; volitional form of to study
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese
- 努力
- doryoku — Effort; hard work; diligent endeavor toward a goal
- すれ
- sure — Conditional stem of suru, meaning to do
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- 先生
- sensei — Teacher; instructor; honorific for educated professionals
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting sentence subject
- を
- wo — Direct object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 愛し
- aishi — To love; stem form of the verb to love
- ご両親
- goryoushin — Your parents; honorific term for someone's parents
- 喜ばせる
- yorokobaseru — To make someone happy; causative form of rejoice
- でしょう
- deshou — Probably; likely; polite conjecture or presumption
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; everybody; all people together
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or indirect object
- 親切
- shinsetsu — Kindness; being kind and considerate to others
- し
- shi — Verb connector; stem of suru meaning to do
- なさい
- nasai — Do it; polite imperative command form
- そして
- soshite — And then; and also; connecting sequential statements
- 学校
- gakkou — School; educational institution for students
- 時間
- jikan — Time; hours; a period or duration of time
- 無駄
- muda — Waste; useless; futile expenditure of time or resources
- て
- te — Te-form particle connecting verbs or clauses
- いけません
- ikemasen — Must not; it is not acceptable or allowed
- 家
- ie / uchi — House; home; one's residence or household
- 帰っ
- kaette — Returning home; te-form of to go back
- たら
- tara — Conditional particle meaning when or if completed
- 買っ
- katte — Buying; te-form of the verb to buy
- くれる
- kureru — To give to me; someone does a favor for speaker
- よう
- you — Like; manner; used to express resemblance or request
- お願い
- onegai — Please; a request or favor asked of someone
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle in Japanese
- よい
- yoi — Good; fine; acceptable; positive adjective
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