Yamanba is a Yokai character from Japanese folk tales. In some stories she is a fearful monster who eat humans, in others, like this one, she looks after an orphan “Kintaro” who is also a well-known hero character. This video uses various grammar items from Genki 2.

Listen to the audio material from the video, below. Repeat each chunk out loud. *Practise without looking at the sentence the second time.

どうぞ今日、お宅へお帰りになってください。

そこに置いて来ちゃったんです。

おばあさんに山に入ってもらうことにしました。

できれば、りょうりを手伝っていただけますか。

Listen to the example sentence and write down what you hear. Compare what you have written against the included answers then read it out loud.