Diary
夏休みの宿題
Saya shares her son's summer vacation homework: looking for summer constellations and finding Cygnus.
これは息子の夏休みの宿題です📕
This is my son’s summer vacation homework.
夏の星座を探しました。
I looked for a summer constellation.
はくちょう座を見つけました⭐️
I found Cygnus.
夏休みは宿題が多くて大変です。
There is a lot of homework during summer vacation, so it’s tough.
みなさんの国には、夏休みの宿題がありますか？
Do students in your country have summer vacation homework?
「探す」 describes looking for something. 「見つける」 describes successfully finding it. Notice how the two verbs move the diary from the search to the discovery.
Today's Words
- 夏休みsummer vacation
- 宿題homework
- 星座constellation
- 見つけるto find
What You Can Practice
- 「〜ました」 describes a completed action politely. 「探しました」 means “looked for,” and 「見つけました」 means “found.”
- The て-form of an i-adjective can connect a reason to a result: 「多くて大変です」 means “there is a lot, so it is tough” here.