The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 4
My wife, who is very fond of toasted cheese, presents her compliments to him, and begs to know if there's any of that kind, which he was so good as to send us last Christmas, to be sold in London.
チーズトーストがとても好きな私の妻が、彼によろしくと伝えており、昨年のクリスマスにご親切にも送っていただいたあの種のチーズが、ロンドンで売られているかどうかを知りたがっております。
Vocabulary
- チーズトースト
- chīzu tōsuto — Cheese toast; bread toasted with melted cheese on top.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle indicating the grammatical subject.
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs.
- 好き
- suki — Like; fond of; expressing fondness or preference for something.
- な
- na — Adjectival copula linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun in Japanese.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns together.
- 妻
- tsuma — Wife; one's own spouse, used humbly when referring to her.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person masculine singular pronoun.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, target, or indirect object.
- よろしく
- yoroshiku — Please give my regards; convey greetings on my behalf.
- と
- to — Quotation particle introducing quoted speech or thought.
- 伝え
- tsutae — To convey; to communicate or pass along a message.
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle linking sequential verb phrases.
- おり
- ori — Humble form of 'iru'; to be; indicates ongoing state humbly.
- 昨年
- sakunen — Last year; the year immediately preceding the current one.
- クリスマス
- kurisumasu — Christmas; the annual Christian holiday celebrated December 25th.
- ご
- go — Honorific prefix showing respect toward the subject's actions.
- 親切
- shinsetsu — Kindness; being kind, considerate, or generous toward others.
- も
- mo — Also; too; inclusive particle adding items to a context.
- 送っ
- okut(te) — Sent; past conjunctive form of 'okuru,' to send something.
- いただい
- itadai — Humbly received; humble form of 'morau,' to receive gratefully.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker indicating completed action.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); demonstrative adjective referring to known thing.
- 種
- shurui / tane — Type; kind; variety or sort of a particular thing.
- チーズ
- chīzu — Cheese; dairy product made from curdled and aged milk.
- ロンドン
- Rondon — London; the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means used.
- 売ら
- ura — Sold; stem form of 'uru,' to sell goods or items.
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary indicating action is done to the subject.
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be; indicates ongoing or continuing state.
- か
- ka — Question particle placed at sentence end to form questions.
- どう
- dō — How; in what way; asking about manner or condition.
- を
- wo / o — Direct object marker particle indicating the verb's target.
- 知り
- shiri — Know; conjunctive form of 'shiru,' to come to know.
- たがっ
- tagat(te) — Wants to; third-person desiderative form showing someone's desire.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending making speech formal and courteous.
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