Hopefully, you’ve managed to get a good grasp of how grammar works in Japanese and how to use them to communicate your thoughts in the Japanese way. In this final section, we’ll be covering some left-over grammar that I couldn’t fit into a larger category.<\/p>\n
This is a grammar I learned out of a book and was surprised to actually hear it used in real life on a number of occasions. You use this grammar when you think one thing, but much to your astonishment, things actually turn out to be very different. You use it in the same way as you would express any thoughts, by using the quotation \u300c\u3068\u300d and \u300c\u601d\u3046\u300d. The only difference is that you use \u300c\u601d\u3044\u304d\u3084\u300d instead of \u300c\u601d\u3046\u300d. There is no tense in \u300c\u601d\u3044\u304d\u3084\u300d, or rather, since the results already went against your expectations, the original thought is implicitly understood to be past tense.<\/p>\n
This rather formal and seldom-used grammar is used to indicate that two actions were done at the same time. The nuance is a bit difference from \u300c\u306a\u304c\u3089\u300d in that some or all of the time spent on doing one action was also used to do another action as an aside. Remember, \u300c\u306a\u304c\u3089\u300d is used to describe two exactly concurrent actions.<\/p>\n
The interesting thing about this grammar is that no verb is required. You can just attach it a noun, and the verb “to do” is inferred. For instance, “while taking a stroll” can simply be expressed as \u300c\u6563\u6b69\u304c\u3066\u3089<\/em>\u300d. In the case where you want to employ a different verb, you also have the option of attaching \u300c\u304c\u3066\u3089\u300d to the stem similar to the \u300c\u306a\u304c\u3089\u300d usage. In addition, the verb or noun that is accompanied by \u300c\u304c\u3066\u3089\u300d is the main action while the following action is the one done on the side.<\/p>\n \u300c\u3042\u3052\u304f\u300d is a grammar used to describe a result, usually negative, that came about after a great deal of effort. The rule for this grammar is very simple. You modify the verb or noun that was carried out with \u300c\u3042\u3052\u304f\u300d and then describe the final result that came about from that verb or noun. Because this grammar is used to describe a result from an action already completed, it is used with the past tense of the verb. \u300c\u3042\u3052\u304f\u300d is essentially treated the same as any noun. In other words, you would need the \u300c\u306e\u300d particle to modify another noun.<\/p>\n \u300c\u3042\u3052\u304f\u306e\u679c\u3066\u300d is another stronger version of this grammar.<\/p>\n Hopefully, you’ve managed to get a good grasp of how grammar works in Japanese and how to use them to communicate your thoughts in the Japanese way. In this final section, we’ll be covering some left-over grammar that I couldn’t fit into a larger category. Using \u300c\u601d\u3044\u304d\u3084\u300d to describe something unexpected Vocabulary \u601d\u3046 \u3010\u304a\u3082\u30fb\u3046\u3011 (u-verb) … <\/p>\n\n
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\nWhile taking a stroll, I also used that time to buy cigarettes.\n<\/li>\n
\nWhile seeing the museum, I plan to also use that time to buy souvenirs.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nUsing \u300c\uff5e\u3042\u3052\u304f\uff08\u6319\u53e5\uff09\u300d to describe a bad result<\/h2>\n
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\n(After a great deal of) explaining the circumstances for 2 hours, (in the end), couldn’t receive understanding.\n<\/li>\n
\n(After much) consulting with teacher, (in the end), decided on not dropping out of school.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"