JBP-2 / Lesson 7 / Expressing a Sequence of Events (2): "After"

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Japanese for Busy people II Lesson 7 2. Expressing a Sequence of Events (2) ‘After’

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Japanese for Busy people II

Lesson 7

2. Expressing a Sequence of Events (2) ‘After’

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The Te-form of a verb followed by から (hereafter~てから) means ‘after ~ ing’. Do not confuse this form as it means ‘because’.

After ~~てから

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Sequence of Events

7:00 am 8:00 am

I do jogging. I eat breakfast.ジョギングをします。 あさごはんを たべます。

ジョギングを してから、あさごはんを たべます。

After I do jogging, I eat breakfast.

ジョギングを します。

して から

te-form + から

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Hanako-san, what did you do after the party finished?はなこさんは パーティーが終わってから、何をしましたか。

お   なに

ええっと、、、(パーティーが終わってから )、!

ともだちと カラオケに行きました。

お  

い 

Let me see. . . I went to karaoke with friends (after the party finished).

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Hanako-san, did you go somewhere after the party finished last night?ななこさん、ゆうべ パーティーが終わってから、どこか行きましたか。

お   い 

Conversation

Q1 : Did you go somewhere after the party finished last night?!Q2 : Ask related questions.

Is that so? What kind of songs did you sing?そうですか。どんな うたをうたったんですか。

アニソンをたくさんうたったんです。I sang many anime songs.

Anime songs? I wanted to go, too.

アニソンですか。わたしも 行きたかったです。い 

Let me see. . . I went to karaoke with friends ええっと、、、ともだちと カラオケに行きました。

い 

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However, ~てから can also mean “since …” and in this sense it is often accompanied by the adverb ずっと meaning “the whole time.

I began my study of Japanese after I came to Japan.!日本に 来てから、日本語の べんきょうを はじめました。

!I have been studying Japanese ever since I came to Japan.!日本に 来てから ずっと 日本語の べんきょうを しています。

!I have been studying Japanese ever since I came to Japan everyday.!日本に 来てから ずっと まいにち日本語の べんきょうを しています。

に ほ ん き に ほ ん ご

に ほ ん き に ほ ん ご

に ほ ん き に ほ ん ご

2. Expressing a Sequence of Events (2) ‘After’