Join the よつばと! Reading Club! よつばと! Volume 6 (Chapters 35-41) Discussion Thread Current Chapter: 41 [yotsuba-6-small] Reading Schedule Start Date Reading Jump To Discussion October 7 Chapter 35 link October 14 Chapter 36 link October 21 Chapter 37 link October 28 Chapter 38 link Novem…

Page 140 Yotsuba is looking at the road sign and imagining what the characters are saying: とーちゃんじてんしゃかってー Dad, will you buy me a bicycle? あれはおとなようだ I’ve forgotten what あれは is and can’t find it, おとな means adult, and I’m having trouble with よう. Is it 用 ? Is he saying that bicycles are only for adu…

あれ = that. これ, それ, あれ And yeah, Xよう = for X use only

Thank you so much! (Fancy forgetting あれ! The more I study, the more I forget!). Thank you again!

Page 142 Yotsuba sees Fuuka on her bike up above and calls out (to her?)… はしをわたらないとはしを - 橋を - the bridge (and を particle) わたらない - 渡らない - the negative of 渡る , to cross over; to go across と - this is where I have problems I guess she is saying “don’t cross the bridge!” (ie, wait for me) but I do…

はしをわたらないと marcusp: I guess she is saying “don’t cross the bridge!” Close, but it’s sort of the opposite. It is the conditional と, but used as ないと(いけない) She’s saying, “I have to cross the bridge!” or literally, “It is not good if I don’t cross the bridge!” or “I must not NOT cross the brid…

Page 46 Is it okay if I go all the way back to page 46? I was reading this on the train last night and realised that I just don’t understand the joke the fella in the bicycle shop is trying to play on Yotsuba. Or, is the point actually that it’s just not all that funny at all? On page 45 he asks h…

Hahah! The joke is that she says 6 while raising her hand with 5 fingers. :smile: So he’s like, “Huh.” And tried to make her figure it out, but alas, it wasn’t to be. :joy: And then he’s like, “I get it. It’s a feint and you’re actually 6, right? #4. I fell for your trick. ” And her dad is like, “…

Thank you Kazzeon! Once again (it’s a daily, an hourly, thing) I’m an idiot! I was so focused on the text that I completely missed the fact Yotsuba was raising five fingers for 6さい! Thank you! All is clear again! (Till the next time!)

This is one of the reasons why I love manga, and even more when it comes to learning Japanese. Everything’s part of the message, so it’s easier to get some context than if it was pure text. :stuck_out_tongue:

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_Marcus November 12, 2018, 2:21pm 63

Thank you so much @Kazzeon! What a wonderful explanation! Thank you!

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