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N5MessageTravel1 min

今(いま)、駅(えき)です

A host mother and her guest find each other at the station.

A chat between Tom and his host mother, Yumiko. They use polite です・ます because they have only just met. Read it the way you would read a real message: who is where, and what to look for?

ゆみこ

トムさん、今(いま)どこですか。

トム

今(いま)、駅(えき)です。電車(でんしゃ)を降(お)りました。

ゆみこ

北(きた)の出口(でぐち)ですか。南(みなみ)の出口(でぐち)ですか。

トム

南(みなみ)の出口(でぐち)です。前(まえ)に大(おお)きい本屋(ほんや)があります。

ゆみこ

分(わ)かりました。今(いま)、車(くるま)で行(い)きます。少(すこ)し待(ま)ってください。

トム

はい。本屋(ほんや)の前(まえ)で待(ま)っています。

ゆみこ

外(そと)は寒(さむ)いですから、本屋(ほんや)の中(なか)で待(ま)ってもいいですよ。

トム

ありがとうございます。私(わたし)は青(あお)いコートを着(き)ています。黒(くろ)いかばんも持(も)っています。

ゆみこ

私(わたし)の車(くるま)は白(しろ)いです。では、また後(あと)で。

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Japanese for travelling

Words
82
Sentences
18
Words per sentence
4.6
in the vocabulary
100 %
measured level
N5
Reading time
1 min

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Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Which exit is Tom at?

2. Where can Tom wait, because it is cold outside?

3. How will Yumiko know Tom?