# Last Weeks Homework
# Synopsis from 2025-12-11 Class

This week's lesson covered two main grammar points:

1.  **~みたいです (Looks Like):**
    *   Used to create similes or make observations.
    *   Can be used with verbs (plain form), nouns, and adjectives.
    *   With nouns, it creates a metaphor ("like a computer").
    *   With verbs and adjectives, it's more of an observation ("looks like he is tired").

2.  **前に (Before):**
    *   Indicates that one action happens before another.
    *   Used with a verb in its dictionary form or a noun with `の`.
    *   The verb in the `前に` clause is always non-past, non-polite.

# Random Words
-  上手い -> Smoothly
	- 上手く -> Adverb version of that ^
	- うまくいくと,いいですね -> If things go smoothly, it'll be good
- 出す -> だす -> To put out, to submit
- 懐かしい -> なつかしい -> Nostalgic

# Main Point

## と after a sentence phrase
You can stick と after a phrase in a sentence to show it is the reason of what coming after. Kind of like if, but more focused on cause and effect.

- うまくいくと, いいですね
	- If things go smoothly, it'll be good
- ご飯を食べると、ねむくなります。
	- If I eat lunch, I'll then become sleepy

## Using てから to connect Verbs
You can conjugate a verb into て form, and stick から after it, it means that the following sentence phrase comes AFTER whatever happened in the first phrase. Good for being specific.

- いつご飯うぉたべますか？　シャワーを浴び**てから**、ご飯を食べます
	- When did you eat? **After** I took a shower, I ate lunch.
- いつ日本語を勉強し始めましたか？学校に入ってから、日本語を勉強しています。
	- When did start studying Japanese? After I entered school, I started studying Japanese
- 宿題が終わってから、寝ます。
	- After I finish homework, then I sleep
-  家に帰ってもいいですか？いいえ、まずメールを送ってから、帰ってください。
	- Can I go home? No, first send a message, then please go home