Grammar Notes:
■ さかな が あまり すきじゃない (I) don’t like fish very much
- あまり (not very; not much) - This is followed with a negative ender. In this case, すきじゃない (to not like).
EXAMPLE:
お客様は あまり いません でした。
There weren’t many customers.
Key Vocabulary:
- 今日 today [literally, "now day"]
- スーパー supermarket [many Japanese words borrowed from English are abbreviated; while スーパー can be used to mean “super” as in スーパーマン (Superman), in general, this is used for “supermarket”]
- かいもの shopping [kanji: 買い物]
- 行きました went [past masu form of 行く (to go)]
- まめ beans; legume; peas [kanji: 豆]
- かんづめ canned food [kanji: 缶詰; 缶 (tin can) + 詰 (packed; press in)]
- パン bread [from Portuguese]
- かいました bought [from 買う (to buy)]
- ブロッコリー broccoli
- と and
- にんじん carrot [kanji: 人参]
- も also
- さかな fish [kanji: 魚]
- セール sale [from English]
- やすかった was inexpensive [past of 安い (cheap; inexpensive)]
- でも but; however
- あまり not much; not very [used with a negative ending (didn’t like)]
- 好きじゃない didn’t like [好き (to like) + じゃない not]
- ので therefore; because of that
