【8】Reading Course

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【8】Reading Course

Part 1

The sentence below is what we need to learn in this lesson.

羊ひつじ飼かいの少しょう年ねんは、村むらから遠とおくない暗くらい森もりの近ちかくで主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわをしていました。

Before you learn the sentence, let us learn the vocabulary first.

Note: The blue kanji is clickable, will redirect you to the kanji page in a new tab.

WordMeaning
羊ひつじSheep
羊ひつじ飼かいshepherd
少しょう年ねんboy
村むらvillage
遠とおいfar
暗くらいdark
森もりforest
近ちかくnearby
主人しゅじんmaster
世話せわtaking care of

How to read this sentence step by step?

Step 1: Find the subject/topic of this sentence by the particle は or が.
In this sentence, the topic is 羊ひつじ飼かいの少しょう年ねん
(Meaning: shepherd boy)
Step 2: Find the verb of this sentence. (Usually, the verb is in the end of the sentence.)

In this sentence, the verb is していました
(Meaning: to do)
Step 3: Find the object of this verb by particle を.

In this sentence, the object is 主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわ
(Meaning: taking care of master’s sheep)
Step 4: Combine everything we find in the steps above.

羊ひつじ飼かいの少しょう年ねんは、主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわをしていました。
a shepherd boy was taking care of master’s sheep.

Now you find the “main part” of this sentence. Congratulations!
Step 5: Figure out the “sub part” of this sentence.

村むらから遠とおくない暗くらい森もりの近ちかくで
near a dark forest that is not far from village

We know “near a dark forest” is a “place”, and there is a で, if you have learned Particle Course before, you will know that で is used to express the place where something happens. So 主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわをしていました happens in 村むらから遠とおくない暗くらい森もりの近ちかく.
The particle から means “from”, So 村むらから遠とおくない means “not far from village”.

Just in case you want to review the particles, below is a table to help you.

ParticleExplanation
のExpress the identity.
So 羊ひつじ飼かいの少しょう年ねん  means “a shepherd boy”.
はTopic marker.
Express that “the noun before は” is the topic of this sentence. So the topic of this sentence is 羊ひつじ飼かいの少しょう年ねん .
(when は is a particle, it reads as “wa”)
からfrom…
So 村むらから遠とおくない means “not far from village”.
のof
〜の近ちかく means “the area around”.
For example, 東とう京きょうの近ちかく means “the area around Tokyo”.
でExpress the place where something happens.
So 主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわをしていました happens in 村むらから遠とおくない暗くらい森もりの近ちかく.
をExpress the object of verb.
So 主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわ is the object of the verb する.

していました is the Past tense Form of しています.
しています is the Polite Form of している.
している is The Present Continuous Tense of the verb する.

So 主人の羊の世話をしていました means “was taking care of master’s sheep”.

Summary:

羊ひつじ飼かいの少しょう年ねんは、村むらから遠とおくない暗くらい森もりの近ちかくで主人しゅじんの羊ひつじの世話せわをしていました。
a shepherd boy was taking care of master’s sheep near a dark forest that is not far from village.

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4 thoughts on “Part 1”

  1. Abdalrahman says:

    This is amazing 😍🙌❤️❤️❤️!
    but I wish if there was a real person to read the story😓

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  2. Panda-in-Oxygen says:

    Could you have also used が in replace of は?

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      Marshall says:

      It depends. but most of the case you can.

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  3. Danteceleris says:

    Really clear about the first part. However, i got a little lost in the sub sentence in the tookunaikara part. As a spaniard the way the sentence order starts is really hard to assimilate.

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