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The Travels of Tan · Episode 2

タンは 川を 見つけますTan finds the river

Every word is JLPT N5

The comic

山の 下に 川が あります。
Below the mountain there is a river.
水が とても きれいです。
The water is very clean.
小さい さかなが います。
There is a small fish.
白い いしも あります。
There are white stones too.
水に はいりませんか。
はいりましょう。
Shall we get in the water? / Let's get in.
水が つめたいです。
The water is cold.

Read it as text

  1. 山の 下に 川が あります。

    Below the mountain there is a river.

  2. 水が とても きれいです。

    The water is very clean.

  3. 小さい さかなが います。

    There is a small fish.

  4. 白い いしも あります。

    There are white stones too.

  5. 水に はいりませんか。

    Shall we get in the water?

  6. はいりましょう。

    Let's get in.

  7. 水が つめたいです。

    The water is cold.

Words this episode teaches

Test yourself on this episode

  1. Question 1

    川

    よみかたは？

    How do you read it?

    • Aやま
    • Bみず
    • Cかわ

  2. Question 2

    小さい

    いみは？

    What does it mean?

    • Asmall
    • Bbig
    • Cwhite

  3. Question 3

    川に 何が いましたか。

    What was in the river?

    • Aいぬ
    • Bさかな
    • Cねこ
Show the answers
  1. Question 1: C — かわ
  2. Question 2: A — small
  3. Question 3: B — さかな

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