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Week 2 · now you read · Day 13 of 100

A real conversation

Everything you’ve learned, in one short exchange. Read it straight through — you’ll understand all of it.

Understand this — tap “Hear it”
これ は なん です か
“What’s this?”
これ kore — thisは wa — (topic)なん nan — whatです desu — isか ka — ?
おすし です よ
“It’s sushi.”
おすし osushi — sushiです desu — isよ yo — (telling)
とても おいしい です ね
“It’s very delicious, isn’t it?”
とても totemo — veryおいしい oishii — deliciousです desu — isね ne — right?
The pattern you can now use
— a full exchange —
You just read a conversation.

なん = “what” (なに becomes なん before です). とても = “very.” Everything here is something you’ve met — read the whole exchange out loud before you check the English.

Words to use today — tap a row to hear
なん nanwhat
とても totemovery
おすし osushisushi (polite)
そう souso / right
もう moualready
まだ madanot yet
ちょっと chottoa little
ほんとう hontoureally
Your turn — say it, then check
Say: “What is this?”
これ は なん です か kore wa nan desu ka
Say: “It’s very delicious.”
とても おいしい です totemo oishii desu
Quick check
What does とても mean?
very
なん is a form of which word?
なに (what)
No new characters

You’ve learned them all — today’s sentences are pure kana. Just read (and listen).

👀 Today’s input · ~10 min — where fluency actually comes from
Read your first real books
You can read kana now — so read. Open a Level 0 Tadoku graded reader: picture books made for absolute beginners, almost all kana. Sound each page out loud and don’t stop to look up every word; getting the gist is the goal.
Tadoku free graded readers — Level 0 →

That was a real conversation, and you read every character. One more day.

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