Vocabulary Sprints

Lesson 13 of 40

Vocabulary Sprint v11b — did somebody do it, or did it happen?

about 12 minutes

Ren looks with wide-eyed surprise at a fallen, shattered vase on the floor of the café.

After this lesson you can

  • Choose を for つける and 消す, and が for 開く and 閉まる.
  • Use が with 降る, 咲く, 吹く and 差す, and say why.

Words this lesson teaches

つける
to switch on, to attach — を, because you do it; its off is 消す
消す
to switch off, to erase — を; and w07's 消しゴム is its stem plus ゴム
開く
to open, by itself — が; the one you do is 開ける, which no lesson teaches
閉まる
to close, by itself — が; the one you do is 閉める
無くす
to lose something — を, because you did it; its が half 無くなる comes at N4
かかる
to take, of time or money — が; 時間が かかります
かける
to make a call, to hang — を, and the same かける as v03's 眼鏡を かける
違う
to differ, to be wrong — が, and 違います alone means that is not right
渡す
to hand over — を for the thing, に for the person
貸す
to lend — you give it out; borrowing is 借りる, the other direction
返す
to give back — and w16c's 返事 shares the 返
売る
to sell — and w11a's 売り場 is this verb's stem plus 場
降る
to fall, of rain or snow — が, and w05's 降り出す is this verb plus 出す
咲く
to bloom — が; used of flowers and of nothing else
吹く
to blow — が for the wind, を for a whistle or a flute you blow
差す
to shine in, of sunlight — が; and かさを 差す is putting up an umbrella

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.