Grammar Flashcards
begin to
s v + はじめる
effort
〜ようにする
so that
〜c v ように
intention
〜ようと思う
even though
〜のに
seems like
〜みたい
expressing desire
Stem + たいと思います
expressing strong desire
Stem + たいと思っています
denying permission
~てはいけません
expressing you must not
~てはだめです
granting permission
~てもいいです
expressing doing one action, before another
Finite form 前(に)
expressing your ability
Finite form ことができます
expressing the time frame (when)
Finite form 時
during the time (whilst)
Finite form 間(に)
quoting what someone said
Finite form と言う
quoting what someone thinks
Finite form と思う
expressing please don’t do something
Base + ないでください
advising one not to do something
Base + ないほうがいいです
expressing that you must do
Base + なければなりません
expressing that you have to
Base + なくてはいけません
indicating that you don’t have to do something
Base + なくてもいいです
giving advice
~たほうがいいです
giving examples of actions within a context
~たり〜たり
expressing alternative states
~たり〜たり
expressing doing one action after another
~た後(で)
expressing your experience
~たことがある
give to me (my group)
Noun をくれる
give to another
Noun をあげる
receive from
Noun をもらう
sequencing before
Noun の前(に)
during the time, whilst
Noun の間(に)
sequencing after
Noun の後(で)
the time when
Noun の時(に)
called
Noun + という+ noun…
nominalisation (the one)
の
nominalisation
こと
expressing how an action is performed
い adjective~く
な adjective~に
expressing how something changes
い adjective~くなる
な adjective~になる
expressing how you change something
い adjective~くする
な adjective~にする
subject
が
indicating extent
で
soft question marker
の
soft sentence ending
の