Quiz :
expressions related to time 22-1
Verbる-とき
Verbた-とき
Noun のとき
Grammar
Verb Dictionary Form とき
meaning : when
Verbる-とき ⑴、Verbます ⑵
( before ⑴, ⑵ )
The action of “Verb ⑵” is completed, before ( or as the same time as ) the action of “Verb ⑴”

ひこうきに のるとき、にもつを あずけます。
hikōki [ni] noru-toki, nimotsu [o] azuke-masu.
( I check in luggage before I get on a plane. )
hikōki [ni] noru-toki, nimotsu [o] azuke-masu.
( I check in luggage before I get on a plane. )

スーパーへ いくとき、たなかさんに あいました。
sūpā [e] iku-toki, tanaka-san [ni] ai-mashita.
( I met Mr.Tanaka on the way to a supermarket. )
sūpā [e] iku-toki, tanaka-san [ni] ai-mashita.
( I met Mr.Tanaka on the way to a supermarket. )
Verb Dictionary Form とき
Verb ta Form とき
meaning : when
Verbた-とき ⑴、Verbます ⑵
( after ⑴, ⑵ )
After the action of “Verb ⑴” is completed, “Verb ⑵” happens.

ひこうきに のったとき、その えいがを みました。
hikōki [ni] notta-toki, sono eiga [o] mi-mashita.
( I watched the movie on the airplane. )
hikōki [ni] notta-toki, sono eiga [o] mi-mashita.
( I watched the movie on the airplane. )

かぜを ひいたとき、しょうがを たべます。
kaze [o] hīta-toki, shōga [o] tabe-masu.
( When I catch a cold, I eat a ginger. )
kaze [o] hīta-toki, shōga [o] tabe-masu.
( When I catch a cold, I eat a ginger. )
Verb ta Form とき
Noun のとき
meaning : at the time of Noun

こどものとき
kodomo [no] toki
( when I was a child )
kodomo [no] toki
( when I was a child )
がくせいのとき
gakusei [no] toki
( when I was a student )
gakusei [no] toki
( when I was a student )
Let’s say in Japanese !
I wear glasses when I drive.
I wore a Kimono for the first time when I visited Kyoto.
I worked part-time at cafe when I was a student.

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