2nd Year: Part 2 Grammar Flashcards
〜ながら
Connects two verbs to say that they happened at the same time.
Follows verb stem
〜ばよかったです
I wish I had done or I should have done something
〜てくださってありがとう/ 〜てくれてありがとう
To express gratitude for a specific action
〜てよかったです
I’m glad that such and such is/was the case.
〜はずです
Supposed to be the case. Statement about what you believe is true or likely though you lack conclusive evidence.
Used with short form
〜ないで
If you do something without doing something else, the missed action can be described with ない.
Nameというitem
Item called name
To talk about a person or a thing that goes by a certain name, but if you believe the person you are talking to is not familiar with it.
〜やすい/ 〜にくい
Something is easy-to-do / something is hard-to-do
After verb stem (やすい conjugates like an い adjective)
~てしまう1
Indicated that one “carries out with determination”
Involves bringing something to a culmination point
~てしまう2
Lack of premeditation or control over how things turn out
Comes with a sense of regret
~てある
Characterize a situation that has been brought about on purpose
A間にB
B takes place in the middle of another event A
Adj+ する
Means “to make”
冷たい = 冷たくする 簡単な = 簡単にする
てほしい
When you want somebody to do something
私はpersonにverbてほしい
AのにB
“A, but contrary to expectations, B, too”
~のような/~のように
のような- a B like/similar to A
NounAのように -to describe an action which is ‘done in the same way as A’
AてもB
“B, even if A”
買う=買っても
悲しい=悲しくても
元気な=元気でも
学生=学生でも
ことにする
Decide to do
Present tense-pos&neg
ことにしている-do something as a regular practice
AまでB
B until A
VerbA is always in the present tense and in the affirmative
~方
Follows the stem of a verb and means “the way in which the action is performed”
Nouns that are marked with other particles when they go with a verb are marked with の before 方 漢字の読み方
With compound する - 日本語の勉強のし方
