Sentence Structures Flashcards
(41 cards)
Making an adverb from an adjective
change ‘い’ to ‘く’ for i adjectives and use ‘に’ instead of ‘な’ for na adjectives
to become (adjective)
i advectives- swap i for ku +なる
na adjectives- use ni instead of na +なる
using multiple adjectives
i adjectives- swap i for くて
na adjectives- add で instead of na
too much/excessively
verb stem +すぎる
i adjective without i +すぎる/すぎです
noun/na adj +すぎる
*note: ‘too good’ = よすぎる
negative requests (please don’t~)
~ないで下さい
admonishment/prohibition (you must not do~/it isn’t ok that~)
te form +はいけない・はいけません
permission (you can/may~, it’s ok to~)
te form + もいいです
hypothetical/incomplete action: ‘when (A), (B)’
plain present form of A (or noun + の) + 時(に)、B
completed action: ‘when A, B’
plain past form A (or noun +だった)+時(に), B
A must be a completed action/an action that will hypothetically be completed before b happens
intend to~
plain form +つもりです
don’t intend to ~
plain form +つもりはない
plain negative form +つもりです
plan to ~
plain form + よてい
don’t have a plan to~
plain form + よていはない
already, yet, now
もう + affirmative ending verb
not anymore, not any longer
もう + negative ending verb
still
まだ+ affirmative verb
still not, not yet
まだ+negative verb
can do ~
plain form + 事が出来る
one is thinking of doing~
volitional form + と思う・と思っている
must use omotteiru when the subject is someone else, can use either when the subject is yourself
…ago, …before
time/duration expression + 前(に)
….later, ….after, in….
time/duration expression + 後(に)
if~
(もし・もしも)~たら。。。
to do ~ in advance
~ておく
Expressing a completed action
Expressing regret over something unexpected/unintentional
~てしまう