Vocabulary Sprints

Lesson 18 of 40

Vocabulary Sprint v14c — home and colour, and the end of the list

about 12 minutes

At a table in the café, Maya compares several colorful fabric swatches, holding one up to the light.

After this lesson you can

  • Say 赤い かばん and 茶色の かばん, and say why they differ.
  • Say 妹 about your own sister and 妹さん about somebody else's.

Words this lesson teaches

色
colour — the word itself, and the 色 inside 黄色 and 茶色
赤
red — a noun, and one of the four oldest colours, so 赤い exists
黒
black — a noun; v10b's 黒い is its adjective
茶色
brown — literally tea colour; a noun, so 茶色の, and 茶色い also exists
妹
my younger sister — somebody else's is 妹さん
弟
my younger brother — somebody else's is 弟さん; the 弟 of v07's 兄弟
家庭
a household, a home life — 家 house plus 庭, garden; v07's 家族 is the people
夕飯
dinner — the same meal as v02's 晩ご飯, and 飯 is the 飯 of ご飯
階段
stairs — 階 a floor, as in w16b's 二階建て, plus 段, a step
カップ
a cup with a handle — the third of v02's set, beside コップ and グラス
牛乳
milk — 牛 the 牛 of v02's 牛肉, plus 乳; ミルク is the loanword
映画
a film — 映 to project plus 画, the picture of w16c's 漫画; v05's 映画館 shows it
英語
the English language — 語 makes a language of a country, so 日本語, 中国語
ラジカセ
a radio-cassette player — ラジオカセット clipped by w09's rule; long obsolete
その
that — near you; the そ of v06's そっち and v09's そこ
また
again — また あした is see you tomorrow, and it is what people say leaving
どなた
who, politely — the courteous 誰, and the ど of v06's どっち

The scene itself is in the app.

Lesson one of this track is free to read in full. From lesson two on, the story, the audio and the review are part of a free account.