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小さい パン屋

The Little Bakery

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の くに、さい パンが あります。

は に きます。

の パンは、りんごの パンです。

、は りんごの パンを いましたが、パンの を に れました。

の が を って の へ ってきて、に してくれました。

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の は を しましたか。

English translation

There is a small bakery near the station. It opens at six in the morning, and apple bread is its most popular item. Today, I bought some apple bread but left the bag in the shop. A boy ran outside carrying the bag and handed it to me.

Useful vocabulary

to open
popular
to forget; leave behind
to run
to hand something to someone
Grammar in context · something is in a place

場所に + 物が ある

に marks the location and が introduces what is there. あります is used for things and places such as this bakery, rather than people or animals.

の くに、さい パンが あります。

Polite: の くに、さい パンが あります。

Plain: の くに、さい パンが ある。

あります → ある: both say that the bakery exists near the station. This is not a past-tense sentence.