JLPT Pre-N5 Animals🍃 Starter

Let's Go to the Zoo - 動物園へ行こう

Yuta's fun, educational Saturday adventure at the zoo.

Pre-N5 stories use only basic sentence structures, survival vocabulary (greetings, numbers, simple questions), and the most foundational grammar. The shortest pieces in the library — perfect for your very first reads.

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Let's Go to the Zoo - 動物園へ行こう — page 1 (JLPT Pre-N5)

今日きょう土曜日どようびです。ユウタは動物園どうぶつえんきます。入口いりぐちでチケットをいます。

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Today is Saturday. Yuta goes to the zoo. He buys a ticket at the entrance.

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Let's Go to the Zoo - 動物園へ行こう — page 2 (JLPT Pre-N5)

最初さいしょに、ゾウの場所ばしょきます。おおきなゾウがいます。たくさんみずみます。

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First, he goes to the elephant area. There are big elephants. They drink a lot of water.

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Let's Go to the Zoo - 動物園へ行こう — page 3 (JLPT Pre-N5)

つぎはキリンです。キリンはくびながいです。キリンは一日ついたち2時間にじかんだけます。

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Next are the giraffes. Giraffes have long necks. Giraffes only sleep for 2 hours a day.

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Let's Go to the Zoo - 動物園へ行こう — page 4 (JLPT Pre-N5)

ユウタはペンギンの場所ばしょきます。ペンギンはおよいでいます。ペンギンはそらぶことができません。

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Yuta goes to the place where the penguins are. The penguins are swimming. Penguins cannot fly in the sky.

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Let's Go to the Zoo - 動物園へ行こう — page 5 (JLPT Pre-N5)

最後さいごに、ライオンをます。ライオンは一日ついたち20時間にじゅうじかんます。ライオンはよくます

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Finally, he sees the lion. Lions sleep for 20 hours a day. Lions sleep a lot.

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