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N5StoryWork1 min

パン屋(や)の朝(あさ)

A student’s early job at a bakery, and a customer who does not come.

A story about a job and a daily routine. Notice 〜ています for something that has been going on for a while, and で for the place where someone works.

山田(やまだ)さんは学生(がくせい)です。先週(せんしゅう)から駅(えき)の前(まえ)のパン屋(や)でアルバイトをしています。

仕事(しごと)は朝(あさ)六時(ろくじ)からです。山田(やまだ)さんは毎朝(まいあさ)五時(ごじ)に起(お)きます。外(そと)はまだ夜(よる)のようです。

パン屋(や)の朝(あさ)はとても忙(いそが)しいです。お客(きゃく)さんがたくさん来(き)ます。山田(やまだ)さんはレジで働(はたら)きます。

毎朝(まいあさ)六時(ろくじ)に、おじいさんが一人(ひとり)来(き)ます。いつも同(おな)じパンを二(ふた)つ買(か)います。

でも、今日(きょう)、おじいさんは来(き)ませんでした。七時(しちじ)に、おばあさんが来(き)ました。「おじいさんは風邪(かぜ)です。でも、ここのパンが好(す)きですから」と言(い)いました。そして、同(おな)じパンを二(ふた)つ買(か)いました。

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

Words
98
Sentences
15
Words per sentence
6.5
in the vocabulary
100 %
measured level
N5
Reading time
1 min

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1. What time does Yamada get up?

2. What does the old man buy every morning?

3. Why does the old man not come today?