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A Shopping List with One Change

Keep quantities and the item already at home separate.

An original fictional learning text by LavaJapanese. Places, prices and rules in the passage are invented for practice.

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  1. 1

    買(か)い物(もの)のメモ

  2. 2

    を買(か)ってください。

  3. 3

    は一(ひと)つでいいです。

  4. 4

    は家(いえ)にありますから、買(か)わないでください。

  5. 5

    魚(さかな)ではなく、を買(か)います。

  6. 6

    も買(か)ってください。

  7. 7

    はの上(うえ)です。

Vocabulary for this text

WordReadingMeaning here
卵たまごegg
二つふたつtwo items
パンパンbread
牛乳ぎゅうにゅうmilk
肉にくmeat
野菜やさいvegetables
お金おかねmoney
机つくえdesk

How to find the information

Buying and not buying are both instructions. The reason after ありますから explains the milk.

二つ and 一つ apply to different items. Keep counters beside their nouns.

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1. Which food replaces fish?

肉

ではなく introduces meat as the replacement. Evidence: 魚ではなく、肉を買います。

2. What should not be bought?

牛乳

Milk is already at home. Evidence: 牛乳は家にありますから、買わないでください。

3. Where is the money?

机の上

The money is on the desk. Evidence: お金は机の上です。

4. Copy the quantity of eggs, using the text’s spelling.

二つ

The list asks for two eggs. Evidence: 卵を二つ買ってください。

5. Copy the instruction after 野菜も, including ください.

買ってください

The instruction is 買ってください. Evidence: 野菜も買ってください。

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