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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
- 年を取る -> To grow old
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 used for things that naturally happen, without human trying to intervene in it.
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...), ～てはいけません (Don't do something). Use ～たから instead of と for that.
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
ながら -> Multi Tasking
You can stick ながら at the end of a ます verb stem, and then connect another verb after. The second verb is the main verb of the sentence.
V1ます + ながら + V2