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Last Weeks Homework
Synopsis for Japanese Class_2026-01-08.md:
This class focused on new grammar points: using 〜てしまいます to express completion or disappointment, and using と for sequential actions. New vocabulary included 線路 (train tracks), 試合 (sports match), 遅れる (to be late), and 着く (to arrive).
Homework
- Review the new grammar points:
~てしまいますand connecting sentences withと.
Random Words
- 少しずつ -> ずつ means "little by little"
- 自由 -> じゆう -> Freedom
- 上手くいく -> うまい + いく -> Smoothly Go
- 自動販売機 -> じどうはんばいき -> Automatic Selling Machine -> Vending
- 歯医者 -> はいしゃ -> Dental Clinic
- 風邪をひく -> かぜをひく -> To get a cold
- But most use なる、インフルエンザになる
- Can also use かかる, which means "to suffer". インフルエンザにかかる
Main Point
Connecting Sentences with と
You can connect different actions, in order, using と. The verb before と must be in present tense, but can be in regular or polite form. This is usually uasd
Special note: If you use this と to connect a sentence, you can not end the sentence with ～たいです (Want to), ～てください (Please do...),
百メートル歩くと郵便局に着きました After walking a hundred meters, I arrived at the post office.
バトンを押しますとジュースが出ます。 When you press the button, juice will come out.
冬になると寒くなります It gets cold in the winter
スイッチをつけると部屋が明るくなります After I hit the switch, the room becomes bright
夏になると沖縄に行きます I go to Okinawa in the summer.
年を取ると経験があります With age comes experience