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Makoto Magazine for Learners of Japanese: All the Fun Japanese not Found in Textbooks
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Makoto E-Zine series #47
Recommended for beginners and lower intermediates of Japanese.
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The Fun Japanese Not Found in Textbooks. If you like our readers and lessons, you will love Makoto, the e-zine filled with articles on kanji, culture, idioms, proverbs, geography, history, etymology, JLPT tips, Japanese trivia, and much more. Not only that, but every issue will include a brand new reader with newly recorded high-quality MP3s for you to download for no extra charge.
IN THIS ISSUE: January 2022
Laughs, Jokes, Riddles, and Puns
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Kanji Spotlight: 父
Grammar Time! 前に
Japanese Readers: Countryside in Japan (beginner) + Kicchomu’s Mouse Carving (Intermediate)
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Makoto Magazine for Learners of Japanese - Clay Boutwell
Laughs, Jokes, Riddles, and Puns
ある 人 ( ひと ) が 傘 ( かさ ) をさして 歩 ( ある ) いていました。 傘 ( かさ ) は、とても 小 ( ちい ) さくて、ぼろぼろです。 穴 ( あな ) もたくさん 開 ( あ ) いていました。 でも、その 人 ( ひと ) は 全然 ( ぜんぜん ) ぬれませんでした。 どうしてでしょうか？
雨 ( あめ ) が 降 ( ふ ) っていなかったからです。
A person was walking with an umbrella. The umbrella was very small and tattered. It had many holes in it. But that person didn't get wet at all. Why is that?
Because it was not raining.
Vocabulary:
ジョーク jo-ku―a joke
ある人 aru hito―someone [ある (a certain; some) + 人(ひと) (person)]
がga―(emphasizes the preceding word)
傘をさして kasa o sashite―with an umbrella up; with an open umbrella [て-form of 傘(かさ)をさす (hold an umbrella; put an umbrella up; 傘 (umbrella) + を (indicates 傘 as the direct object of action) + さす (to hold up; to put up; to raise)) which is used to connect to the next verb]
歩いていました aruite imashita―was walking [ていました form of 歩(ある)く (to walk) which is used to describe a continuous action happening in the past; how to form: Verb て-form + いました]
傘は kasa wa―the umbrella [傘 (umbrella) + は (indicates the sentence topic)]
とても totemo―very; exceedingly
小さくて chiisakute―small and [て-form of 小(ちい)さい (small; little) which is used to connect to the next phrase, creating the meaning of and
; how to form: drop the ending い and add くて]
ぼろぼろ boroboro―worn-out; ragged; tattered
です desu―be; is
穴もたくさん開いていました ana mo takusan aite imashita―have many holes; there are many holes [穴(あな) (hole; hollow) + も (emphasizes the preceding word 穴(あな)) + たくさん (many; lots; a lot) + 開(あ)いていました (ていました form of 開(あ)く (open; unclose; have a hole; form a gap); ていました is the polite past form of ている (is used to describe the actual condition or appearance of the subject); how to form: Verb て-form + いました)]
でも demo―but; however
その人は sono hito wa―that person [その (that; the) + 人(ひと) (person; people) + は (indicates the sentence topic)]
全然 zenzen―(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
ぬれませんでした nuremasen deshita―did not get wet [polite negative past form of ぬれる (to get wet); でした is a polite past tense marker]
どうして doushite―why; for what reason
でしょうか deshou ka―don’t you think?; indicates question [polite (teineigo) language]
雨が降っていなかった ame ga futte inakatta―was not raining [雨(あめ) (rain) + が (identifies what performs the action described by the verb) + 降(ふ)っていなかった (was not falling; plain negative past form of 降(ふ)っている (ている-form of 降(ふ)る (to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down) which is used to describe a continuous action or event; how to form: Verb て-form + いる); ~なかった is the past tense negative plain form of verbs which adds the meaning of did not do [verb]
to a sentence; how to form: V-ない +
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