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JLPT N3 - Time specific actions (ばかり,とたん,ながら,ながらも)

Christophe
Posted by Christophe on Feb 5, 2023 10:00:00 AM
In this lesson, we will focus on expressions about specific actions in time: ばかり, とたんに, ながら and ながらも.
Forme polie 丁寧語[ていねいご]  : La forme en ます

ばかり

We can use ばかり to express an action that has just finished.
 
To use it, conjugate the verb in the past, then add ばかり :

かえる→かえった→かえったばかり
かえったばかりです
 
You can also say ばっか or ばっかり (more familiar) instead of ばかり.
今朝けさマルシェでったばかりのチーズ、こんな かんじではかりしています。
 
 
This is the cheese we bought this morning. You can buy it by weight like this.

 

9がつ20日はつか発売はつばいされたばっかりなんです。
This product was just launched on September 20th.

 

就職しゅうしょくしたばかりで つかれているのかもしれないと自分じぶん納得なっとくさせた。
 
 
I told myself that it's okay to be tired because I just got a new job.
 
 
 
 

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Exercices
Conjugate the verbs below in the ばかり form.
Answer →
ったばかり
Translation →
I have just bought
Answer →
分析ぶんせきしたばかり
Translation →
I have just analyzed
Forme honorifique 尊敬語[そんけいご]

とたん

とたん is positioned to connect two actions: an action that has just ended, after which another action occurs.

とたん is only used to speak about things outside the control of the speaker.
 
To use it, put a past tense verb before とたん or とたんに.
く→いた→いたとたん(に)
おんなはそれを たとたん、だれからのケーキかすぐにがついた。
As soon as the girl saw this cake, she realized who gave it to her.
そしてためいきをついたとん、がつきました。
Just after he sighed, he realized. 
   解決かいけつしたとたんに、またいたいと連絡れんらくがあった。
As soon as the problem was resolved, he contacted me to see me again.
 
 

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Exercices
Conjugate the verbs below in the とたん(に) form.
Answer →
けたとたん(に)
Translation →
As soon as you open it
Answer →
はじまったとたん(に)
Translation →
As soon as it begins
Forme humble 謙譲語[けんじょうご]

ながら

ながら is used to talk about two simultaneous actions.
Conjugate the verb to the radical and add ながら.
1)一段動詞いちだんどうし / ichidan verbs : stem form + ながら

べる→べながら

る→ ながら

2) 五段動詞ごだんどうし / godan verbs : stem form + iながら

う→いながら

やすむ→やすみながら

3) 不規則ふきそく動詞どうし / Irregular verbs  :

する→し+ながら

る→+ながら

週末しゅうまつのみの通学つうがくですので、はたらきながらMBAを取得しゅとくすることができます。
You can get a MBA while working given the fact that you have to go to school on week-ends.
それを大体だいたい5ヶ月ごかげつぐらいかえしながら、収穫しゅうかくしていく。
Harvesting is done by repeating this action during 5 months.
わたし二人ふたり子供こどもそだてながら看護師かんごし仕事しごとつづけました。
I raised two children while working as a nurse.
  明日あしたよる天気図てんきず ていきますと、この低気圧ていきあつ急速きゅうそく発達はったつしながら日本海にほんかいはいりました。
Looking at the weather map tomorrow night, this cyclone is rapidly developing while entering the Sea of Japan.
 
 

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It's important that the second verb has more importance than the first in the sentence.

Example :

-音楽おんがくきながら、はたらく。

I work while listening to music.

Exercices
Connect the verbs below with the ながら form.
Answer →
きながら
Translation →
I write while listening.
Answer →
はたらきながらべる
Translation →
I eat while working.
Préfixes honorifiques お ou 御[ご]

ながら・ながらも

An another use of ながら is to say things done at the same moment are contradictory.

So we have to pay attention to not confuse with the previous ながら because the meaning is very different.

It is possible to add the particle も at the end. In this case, the sentence further emphasizes the fact that the two actions are contradictory. 

Noun + ながら(も)

Adjective + ながら(も)

おもっていたよりも面白おもしろくなかったなとおもいながらも、映画えいがわるまで見続みつづけてしまう。
Though I found the movie less interesting than I expected, I watch it to the end.
デレク・レドモンド選手せんしゅ何度なんど手術しゅじゅつけながらも、オリンピックに出場しゅつじょうしました。
Although Derek Redmond went in for surgery several times, he competed in the Olympics.
大変たいへんだとはいながらも、これからも市民しみんのためにみんなでちからわせてやっていけたらとは思います。
Although it is hard work, I hope we can continue to work together for the benefit of citizens.
 
 

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Exercices
Connect the words below to the ながら / ながらも form.
Answer →
初心者しょしんしゃながら(も)
Translation →
Even though I am a beginner
Answer →
厳しいきびしいながら(も)
Translation →
Even though he is strict
 
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