2nd Year: Part 2 Grammar

Question 1

〜ながら

Answer 1

Connects two verbs to say that they happened at the same time.

Follows verb stem

Question 2

〜ばよかったです

Answer 2

I wish I had done or I should have done something

Question 3

〜てくださってありがとう/ 〜てくれてありがとう

Answer 3

To express gratitude for a specific action

Question 4

〜てよかったです

Answer 4

I’m glad that such and such is/was the case.

Question 5

〜はずです

Answer 5

Supposed to be the case. Statement about what you believe is true or likely though you lack conclusive evidence.

Used with short form

Question 6

〜ないで

Answer 6

If you do something without doing something else, the missed action can be described with ない.

Question 7

Nameというitem

Item called name

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

〜やすい/ 〜にくい

Answer 8

Something is easy-to-do / something is hard-to-do

After verb stem (やすい conjugates like an い adjective)

Question 9

~てしまう1

Answer 9

Indicated that one “carries out with determination”

Involves bringing something to a culmination point

Question 10

~てしまう2

Answer 10

Lack of premeditation or control over how things turn out

Comes with a sense of regret

Question 11

~てある

Answer 11

Characterize a situation that has been brought about on purpose

Question 12

A間にB

Answer 12

B takes place in the middle of another event A

Question 13

Adj+ する

Answer 13

Means “to make”

冷たい = 冷たくする
簡単な = 簡単にする

Question 14

てほしい

Answer 14

When you want somebody to do something

私はpersonにverbてほしい

Question 15

AのにB

Answer 15

“A, but contrary to expectations, B, too”

Question 16

~のような/~のように

Answer 16

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’

Question 17

AてもB

Answer 17

“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

Question 18

ことにする

Answer 18

Decide to do

Present tense-pos&neg

ことにしている-do something as a regular practice

Question 19

AまでB

Answer 19

B until A

VerbA is always in the present tense and in the affirmative

Question 20

~方

Answer 20

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