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Situation 1
At home, Ami is talking with her older brother, Kento.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
アミはケントを呼びましたか？
A はい
B いいえ
アミ：ケント？
ケント：呼んだ？
アミ：うん。今、ちょっといい？
ケント：いいよ。何？
アミ：この問題教えて。
ケント：これが分かんないの？
アミ：そう。
Situation 2
At night, Ami is talking with her mom at home.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
アミは友達と、____カフェに行く。
A よく
B ちょっといい
C 初めて
D すぐそこの
アミ：ちょっと友達に会ってくる。
お母さん：え、今から？
アミ：うん。
お母さん：どこまで行くの？
アミ：すぐそこのカフェ。
お母さん：分かった。すぐ帰ってきてね。
Situation 3
Rika came to the house of her senior colleague, Hiroto.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
リカは初めて、ヒロトの家に来ましたか？
A はい
B いいえ
ヒロト：初めてだよな？うち来るの。
リカ：そうです。すごい大きい家ですね。
ヒロト：そうかな？
リカ：はい。うちより綺麗ですし。
Situation 4
At the company, Yamada-san is talking with a colleague, Saito-san, about breakfast.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
斉藤さんは朝、____。
A たくさん食べる
B コーヒーだけ飲む
C あんまり食べない
D 時間がある
山田：朝って毎日、何食べます？斉藤さん。
斉藤：俺、あんまり食べないんだよね。朝は。
山田：へー。なんでですか？
斉藤：食べる時間が無くて。
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In Situation 2, why is “atte kuru” used when the translation says”going to meet “? Shouldn’t it be atte iku? Atte kiru made me think that the friends were coming to meet her…since kuru is to come. But it says she is the one that’s going. Thank you
会ってくる is made up of 会う (meet), て (a connective form that links actions, like ‘and’ or ‘then’), and くる (come, which in this case means ‘to do something and then return’). It implies that the speaker will meet someone and then come back.
The literal meaning of 会ってくる should be “I’m going to meet my friend and then come back.”
However, since it’s obvious, you don’t usually say the “and then come back” part in English.