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りんご
apple
あかい りんご
A red apple.
Starter Day 4
てんてんの おと Sounds with two dots: ga, za, da
Add two small dots (゛) to か and it becomes が. Today you learn the ga, za and da rows and read short words like げんき? (How are you?) and はい、げんき (Yes, I'm fine).
About 25 minutes · 8 words · grammar · reading · quiz
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Today's words
Today's kana
ごはん
cooked rice; meal
あつい ごはん
Hot rice.
てがみ
letter
ながい てがみ
A long letter.
でんわ
telephone; phone call
あかい でんわ
A red telephone.
みぎ
right (direction)
みぎ? ひだり?
Right? Left?
ひだり
left (direction)
ひだり? はい、ひだり。
Left? Yes, left.
げんき
well; healthy; energetic
「げんき?」「はい、げんき。」
"How are you?" "I'm fine."
むずかしい
difficult
むずかしい てがみ
A difficult letter.
Read
ふしぎな てがみ A strange letter
あさ。あかい てがみ。Morning. A red letter.
「げんき? みぎ、ひだり、みぎ。」"How are you? Right, left, right."
むずかしい てがみ。なに?A difficult letter. What does it mean?
みぎ……ひだり……みぎ……Right... left... right...
あ、りんご! とても あかい りんご!Oh, an apple! A very red apple!
でんわ。「りんご?」「はい、りんご!」A phone call. "The apple?" "Yes, the apple!"
Tap a line to see the translation.
Check your understanding
R1てがみ:「げんき? みぎ、（ ）、みぎ。」
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 ひだり
Line 2 says げんき? みぎ、ひだり、みぎ。 (How are you? Right, left, right.) The letter showed the way to go.
R2みぎ、ひだり、みぎ……なに?
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 りんご
Line 5 says あ、りんご! (Oh, an apple!) Following the letter, the person found an apple.
Quiz
1ご
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 go
ご is read go. こ without the dots is ko. ga is が, and do is ど.
2だ
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 da
だ is read da. た without the dots is ta. za is ざ, and ga is が.
3zu
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 ず
zu is ず, which is す with two dots. す is su, つ is tsu, and ぐ is gu.
4ぜ
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 ze
ぜ is read ze. せ without the dots is se. zu is ず, and de is で.
5げんき
Answer and explanation
Answer: 3 genki
げ is ge, ん is n, and き is ki, so げんき is read genki (well, fine). け is ke, and ち is chi.
6hidari
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 ひだり
hi is ひ, da is だ, and ri is り, so hidari is ひだり (left). た is ta, ざ is za, and い is i.
7「げんき?」「はい、（ ）。」
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 げんき
When someone asks げんき? (Are you well?), you answer はい、げんき。 (Yes, I'm fine.) The other words do not answer the question.
8あかい（ ）
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 りんご
あかい means red, so it describes a thing with a color: りんご (apple). ひだり is a direction, and げんき and むずかしい describe states, so they do not fit.
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