Random Words

交通事項 (こうつうじこ) -> Traffic Accident
起きる (おきる) -> To Happen (Also means to get up)
太陽　（たいよう) -> Sun
歯 (は) - Teeth
歯を磨きます (はをみがきます) -> To Brush Teeth

Main Point

~みたいです -> Looks Like

You can add ~みたいです after a non-polite verb, to say it looks like the verb happened. Can also stick after a past tense verb.

Can also add after nouns。 Just stick it at the end, nothing special. It creates a sort of simile/metaphor situation.

Note: Can not use this with adjectives alone. If you use it with Adjectives, its like your observing something else, not really making a metaphor. Which I guess is the same in English, it just carries stronger nuance here.

If you want to use it for adjectives, and some nouns, we can use it like an observation, or hearsay. So its not a metaphor, its more like "looks like they are tired" instead of "they are tired like a bear" or something.

Examples

Using Verbs

事項が起きたみたいです
- It looks like the accident happened
病気になったみたいです
- It Looks like I got sick
赤ちゃんはお腹が空いたみたいです
- It looks like the baby is hungry
いまは社長が起こっているみたいです
- Now, it looks like the boss is in a state of being angry Using Nouns
彼女の歌は歌手みたいです
- The girls singing looks like a singer
彼の頭はコンピュータみたいです
- His brain is like a computer
彼の明るさは太陽みたいです
- His sparkle is like the sun
四月なのに夏見たいです
- Even though its April, it feels like Summer
田中さんどんな人ですか？天使みたいです
- What kind of person is Tanaka? She's like an angel
ハワイはどんなところですか？夢見たいです
- What kind of place is Hawaii? It's like a dream
風は台風が来たみたいです
- As for the wind, its like a typhoon is coming

前に (まえに) -> Before

Use 前に after a clause to show the following sentence needs to happen before the first sentence. Verbs have to be in regular form, and we don't use past tense. Just regular non-polite form in the first clause.

Don't need a long initial verb clause. Can just stick a noun, add の, and then add 前に, and its like "Before the noun..."

Example

ご飯を食べる前に、手を洗います
- Before you eat dinner, wash your hands
仕事をする前に、休憩します
- Before working, he took a break
仕事の前に、休憩します
- Before work, take a break
寝る前に、宿題をします
- Before sleep, I do homework
歌う前に、水を飲みます
- Before singing, I drink water
寝る前に、お風呂に入ってください
- Before sleep, please take a bath

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