201 Grammar Flashcards
Potential Form
ーえる/られる/こられる/できる
List reasons, situation
~し
It looks like
adj. + そうです
Trying Something
verb + てみる
Do with restriction
~なら
X per Y
time period に amount of times
I wish
ほしい/ほしがる
maybe…
short form + ~かもしれません/かもしれない
why don’t you…
verb(short, past)~たらどうですか
As many as / As few as
#+も/#+しか+negative
Volitional Form
ーおう/~よう/こよう/しよう
Volitional + I think
おうと思っています
To do in preparation
~ておく
Qualified noun
short form sentence + noun
Give out, give in, to receive
giverはrecipientにあげる/くれる
recipientはgiverにもらう
I do something for someone else/You do something for me/persuade someone to do something for me
てあげる/てくれる/てもらう
Request for someone to do something
~てただけませんか/てくれませんか/くれない?
Wish for something good to happen to someone/oneself
sentence(short, present) + といいですね/といいんですが/といいんですけど
Time frame when activity
sentence + 時(な for na adj. and の for nouns)
Apologizing
~てすみませんでした/てごめん
I heard
~そうです/って
If A then B
A(short form) たら B
Does not need to…
neg. short from + なくてもいいです
It appears to be / It looks like
sentence(short form verb is applicable) + みたいです
B before A / A, and then B
verb A(short, present) + 前に + verb B / verb A(te form) てから verb B
Expressing extra something in the sentence
~んですが/んですけど
Intransitive verbs
particle: が’。開く、しまる、はいる、でる、つく、きえる、こわれる、よごれる、おちる、わく
Transitive verbs
particle: を。あける、しめる、いれる、だす、つける、けす、こわす、よごす、おとす、わかす
Expressing completion or regret
sentence + てしまう
One thing happens, another thing happens immediately afterwards
clause A (short present) と clause B
Do this while doing that
secondary activity stem form + ながら + primary activity
I wish I did / I wish I did not
~ばよかった/なければよかった
verb->ば form:
う->えば
い->ければ