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かのじょ
彼女
は
こどもたち
子供達
に
おもしろ
面白
い
はなし
話
を
よ
読
んで
き
聞
かせた。
She read the children an amusing story.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼女は子供達に面白い話を読んで聞かせた。
verb causative form verb causative form
 
make something happen
彼女は子供達に面白い話を読んで聞かせた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼女は子供達に面白い話を読んで聞かせた。
Conjugations and inflections
  読んで is the te form of 'mu' godan verb 読む   ALL INFLECTIONS
  聞かせた is the past form of the causative form of 'ku' godan verb 聞く   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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こ ど も た ち 3
Most common form: 子供たち
noun
children
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お も し ろ い 4
1. interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
2. amusing; funny; comical
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は な し 3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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よ む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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き く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
子
シ   ス   こ child   
供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
達
タツ    arrive   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
門
モン   かど gate   
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