10分で読める物語 二年生 Story 1 (きつねのしゃしん)

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Start Date: 17.08.2019

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Well… I’m going to try this short page. I’ll be in vacation without a computer for the next week and I won’t be able to post much.

きつねの しゃしん

The Fox’s picture

Page 5

大きな 山の ごんざ山に、松ぞうじいさんと いうきこりが、まごの とび吉と たった 二人で すんでいました。

In the big mountain of Gonzayama, lumberjack Mr Matsuzouji and his grandson Tobikichi were living

I tried to do a literal translation here… not sure about the たった Just the past of た?

ごんざ山は、この 二人の ほかに だれも すんでいません。

No one besides them was living in Gonzayama

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#3

Damn, that was a fast first respond XD Did you write a script to get informed once the trhead is created? XDD I will link the first post about the page of the day in the schedule. This should make navigation a bit easier.

#4

Well… I did get notified because you linked it to the ABBC and I created that thread.

I also had the post prepared :stuck_out_tongue:

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#5

I think it’s 松ぞう + じいさん - that is, he’s Matsuzou-jiisan.

たった = only, merely. (Past tense of… whatever you’re thinking of would be だった.)

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#6

I thought about the jisan thing but I was not sure. So… old Matsuzou?

Thanks for the other one!

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#7

I started to work on this, but got a bit stuck much earlier than I was hoping. In the first sentence of the story, there’s a phrase ごんざ山 and I can’t find a translation anywhere… Is this the name of a place?

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#8

I believe so

#9

Just discovered this today, don’t wait I’ll buy and catch you guys up!

#10

Bonus line (a blurb?) above the page image:

山野さん うつした しゃしんには、思わ ぬものが うつって いました。

Unexpected things appeared in a photo taken by Yamano-san.

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#11

So using たった、would it be saying:

… were the only two people living (on the mountain).

Also, what is the function of the と at the end of まごの とび吉と ?

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#12

My attempt for the note on きこり

きこり。。。山に 入り、木を 切りだす しごとを する 人。

Translation:

きこり - A person who does the job of cutting trees on the mountain.

Literal:

きこり - On the mountain, tree cutting job doing person.

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#13

“And”.

Or “with” if that makes for a smoother translation. “Matsuzou-jiisan, along with his grandson Tobikichi”.

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#14

Would this be an appropriate explanation then?

XとYが - X and Y (X, Y being stressed equally)
XがYと - X, along with Y (X being stressed more than Y)

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大きな 山の ごんざやまに、松ぞうじいさんと いう きこりが、まごの とび吉と たった 二人で すんでいました。* Translation A lumberjack and his grandson, named Tobikichi, were the only two people living on Great Mt. Gonza.

Here’s how:

• 大きな (おおきな)

* big; large; great​ * adjective = 大きい describes objectively while 大きな includes feeling

  • 松 ぞうじ いさん person who cuts down trees, lumberjack

• と いう

oTae Kim CHAPTER 4. ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR（という）4.12. DEFINING AND DESCRIBING
o https://jisho.org/search/iu to name; to call
Non-past 言う Non-past, polite 言います
sample sentence この 動物(どうぶつ) 日本語 で何 と言(い)います か
What do you call this animal in Japanese?

  • たった only; merely; but; no more than

  • で

o CHAPTER 3. BASIC GRAMMAR 3.8. PARTICLES USED WITH VERBS
o The「で」particle will allow us to specify the context in which the action is performed. For example, if a person ate a fish, where did he eat it? If a person went to school, by what means did she go? With what will you eat the soup? All of these questions can be answered with the「で」particle

  • すんでいました

inflection of すむ ( 住む)- to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
*Te-iru-form. It indicates an action that is ongoing.
*Masu-form. It is the polite form of the verb.
*Ta-form. It indicates the past tense of the verb.

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#16

ごんざ山は、この 二人の ほかに だれも すんでいません。Translation As for Mt. Gonza, no one lives on it besides the two people.
No one other than them lives on this mountain (Gonza).

Here’s my work:

  • ほかに adverbial form of（他 other） besides (someX).; in addition to (someX)​

  • だれ Pronoun 1. who ​だあれ is emphatic or inquisitive

  • も too, not

you can make a “no” word by adding the particle も (mo) to a question word and using it in a negative sentence!

o http://www.punipunijapan.com/nothing-in-japanese/
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#17

By the way… at what time are we changing the date?

And I would recommend to always put the page number before a translation, so it’s easier in the future to know what’s going on

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#18

きつねのしゃしん (p.5)

A Photograph of Foxes

大きな山のごんざ山に、松ぞうじいさんというきりが、まごのとび吉とたった二人ですんでいました。

The old woodcutter Matsuzou lived together with his grandson Tobikichi in the great mountains of Gonzayama.

ごんざ山は、この二人のほかにだれもすんでいません。

No one lives there besides these two.

*きこり… 山に入り、木を切りだすしごとをする人。

A woodcutter is a person who enters mountains and cuts trees for a living

I had to look up some words and I think got the main gist. Especially the ほかにだれも feels weird.

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#19

That’s a great question. in 15 min it’s the 18.08 for me, so maybe in 15 min? :man_shrugging: Difficult with all those different timezones

#20

Typical standard is midnight Japan time, I think. It’s almost 9am as I write this…