JAPN 3020 Ch. 1 & 2 Grammar
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31 terms
Japanese | English |
|---|---|
 V(plain past)+ばかり | have just done something; have just finished doing something |
| あの | used when both the speaker and the hearer are familiar wither a person or thing in question |
| その | used when only the speaker or the hearer are familiar with an item |
| V(plain)+ようになる | indicates a change which has taken place or will take place (なる for verbs) |
| なあ | sentence final particle of exclamation, generally used to state ones feeling emphatically or ones wish emotively (monologue) |
| V(plain present)+ところ | about to do something |
| V(plain past)+ところ | have/has just done something |
| V（ている）＋ところ | am/are/is in the process of doing something |
| V（plain）＋ことになっている | be expected/supposed to; it is a rule/custom that |
| V（plain）＋ことになった | it has been decided/arranged that |
| N (or sentence+の)+初めてです | first time doing something (requires that you are in a relevant situation) |
| V(stem)+にくい | something is difficult to V |
| V(stem)+やすい | something is easy to V |
| V(plain)+ことにする | decided to do; indicates active decision making by the person involved |
| S1+たら, S2 | when S1, S2 |
| とても...ない | cant possibly (verb usually in potential form) |
| V(stem)+方 | way of...ing |
| ...らしい | it seems that; evidently (plain form of nouns, verbs, and adjectives) |
| Vて初めてのN | the first N after Ving |
| Vて初めてV | When V1 happens for the first time V2 happens |
| Vないで | without Ving; instead of Ving （often carries a connotation that one didnt do what one was expected to do) |
| Vばいいのに | you should (lit. it would be good if u did...; usually used to suggest the opposite of what the other person is doing or not doing) |
| それに | moreover; besides |
| なかなか...ない | not easily |
| question word+...か分からない | dont know... |
| しか...ない | only; no more than (always occurs with a negative；less than expected) |
| つまり | in other words; that is; namely; in short |
| sentence+わけです | that is to say; it follows that; that means |
| Nによって | depending on |
| Nに当たる | correspond to |
| ...（の）ようなN | N, like...; N such as... |
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