Compound Sentences

Question 1

verb+とき

use とき with a verb
(verb non-past or past)

Answer 1

verb 1 (plain form) とき … verb 2.
The tense of verb 1changes the meaning of the sentence.
non-past form (simple form) means verb 2 happens first (とき means before or when;
before/when verb 1, verb 2
たーform means verb 1 happens first (とき means when/after - after verb 1, verb 2)

Question 2

な-adjective + とき
use of な-adjective before とき

Answer 2

ひまなとき
include な、no の)

Question 3

い-adjective + とき
use of い-adjective before とき

Answer 3

小さいとき
(no の）

Question 4

noun+とき
use of ときwith a noun

Answer 4

noun+の+とこ

Question 5

ければ
verb+must / have to
formal / casual

casual, not because it’s a rule or law

Answer 5

な-form +
formal: …な＋ければ + いけません
casual: …な+ければ + いけない

If I don’t do it It will not be allowed

Question 6

ければ
verb+Must because it’s a law or rule

Answer 6

な-form＋ければ + なりません
…な+ければ + ならない

Question 7

しまいました
verb + to have completely finished;
also verb+did unintentionally (and implies regret)

Answer 7

verb て form + しまいました

Question 8

たり
two activities we like to do, sentence pattern

Answer 8

verb A た form + り、verb B た form + りすることが + すきです
or りするのが instead of りすることが.

Question 9

たり
list multiple activities, being done in no particular order or possibly others
(sentence pattern)

Answer 9

verb in the た form + り、verb in the た form + り します。
(Tense of the sentence is determined by final verb, which an be ます, ました, or たい form.)

Question 10

できる
verb + to be able

Answer 10

verb (simple form) + ことができます
casual: ことができる.

Question 11

から
Use of verbs when connecting two sentences with から,

Answer 11

we can use the casual form in the first part and the formal form in the second part. This will still be considered a formal sentence!
今日はゲームをするから、さんぽしたくないです or
今日はゲームをしますから、さんぽしたくないです

Question 12

たら
conditional form sentence structure (If…)

Answer 12

(casual form, past tense) ら、….

Question 13

ながら
2 actions at the same time
(sentence structure)

Answer 13

Verb 1 (masu stem) + ながら + Verb 2

Question 14

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い-adjective conditional form
if something is cheap, ..

Answer 14

安かったら
(やす)

Question 15

な-adjective conditional form
if someone is free

Answer 15

ひまだったら

Question 16

noun conditional form
if someone is a school teacher

Answer 16

先生だったら

Question 17

verb conditional form
if someone has

Answer 17

あったら
from ある

Question 18

Alternative to から, meaning “because”.

Answer 18

ので
slightly more formal, typically used when making a request.
When ので follows a na-adjective or noun, we use なので.

Question 19

To talk about an action performed in advance, in preparation for the future
(sentence structure)

Answer 19

て form + おく(put)