Wednesday, April 12, 2006

火曜日の日本語の授業からノト

2006年四月十一日

咲く さ・く to flower

桜 さくら spring blossom flower
散る ち・る to fall (mainly associated with flowers falling from branches etc...)

Ending and beginning an action:
base 2 + 初める (はじ・める) = beginning the action
base 2 + 終わる (お・わる) = ending the action

Note the kanji used for begin. It is not 始める

To start flowering
咲き初める

When Matt arrived in Tokyo, the sakura had started flowering, but when Matt returned to Tokyo, the sakura had finished flowering.
マットが東京に着いた時、桜が咲き初めりました、が東京に帰ってきた時、桜は咲き終わりました。

Or, we can switch the ending to something more natural sounding...
the spring blossom had started falling
桜は散り初める。

Notes on the above:
  1. To specify 'when', use the past tense of the action, followed by 時 (とき). いつ is only used when asking questions.
  2. To state 'returning to a place where you started from', use 帰ってきた, literally 'return and came' I guess (!)
To say 'at first' or 'beginning' we can use 最初 さい・しょ

Now onto something completely different...
whilst doing ながら or 間に (あいだ・に)


朝ご飯を食べている間に新聞を読みます。

Rule: event A 間に/ながら event B

There is a difference between ながら and 間に though...
Use 間に when event B takes a shorter time than event A. For example...

英語を見ている間にお茶を飲みます Whilst watching a film, I drink tea
仕事に運転しているながらラジオを聞きます Whilst driving to work, I listen to the radio

宿題:P184 元気II
P191 元気II Difference between てあります and おきます
P192 元気II Use of 間に. President and chauffeur

2 Comments:

At 3:16 am , Anonymous Anonymous said...

マット殿

訂正
桜が咲き始める -Not 初める

初め
ex)
今月の初め-the beginning of this month

最初(さいしょ)、私はその仕事が好きでは
なかった。- At first,i didn't like
the job.

この店に来たのは初めてです。- This is my
first time to come to this shop.

始め
ex)
掃除を始める-to start cleaning
花が咲き始める-to start flowering
試合を開始(かいし)する-to start the game

see the difference?

けんじ

 
At 8:21 am , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Matt san.

Whilst watching a film,I drink tea.(映画を見ながらお茶を飲みます。)
Whilst driving to work,I listen to the radio.
(仕事で運転しながらラジオを聴きます。)

Use 間に is
Whilst my mother cooking,I do my homework.
(母が料理をしている間に宿題をします。)

Not sure...
Whilst someone doing,I something to do...

 

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