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listing up 27-1
Verbた-り、Verbた-りします
Grammar
Verb ta Form り、Verb ta Form りします
meaning : I do … , do … and so on.This sentence pattern is used when you show a few examples from several things what you did or what happened.
にちようびは えいがを みたり、さんぽを したりします。
nichiyōbi [wa] eiga [o] mita-ri, sanpo [o] shita-ri shi-masu.
( On Sunday I watch movies, take a walk … and so on. )
nichiyōbi [wa] eiga [o] mita-ri, sanpo [o] shita-ri shi-masu.
( On Sunday I watch movies, take a walk … and so on. )
Tense is determined by the end of the sentence.
わたしは きのう ぎんざで かいものを したり、カフェで おちゃを のんだりしました。
watashi [wa] kinō ginza [de] kaimono [o] shi-tari, kafe [de] ocha [o] nonda-ri shi-mashita.
( I enjoyed shopping, had coffee at cafe … at Ginza yesterday. )
watashi [wa] kinō ginza [de] kaimono [o] shi-tari, kafe [de] ocha [o] nonda-ri shi-mashita.
( I enjoyed shopping, had coffee at cafe … at Ginza yesterday. )
Antonym is often used. It means you do something again and again.
でたり、はいったりします
deta-ri, haitta-ri shi-masu
( to go out and go in again and again )
deta-ri, haitta-ri shi-masu
( to go out and go in again and again )
いったり、きたりします
itta-ri kita-ri shi-masu
( to go back and forth repeatedly )
itta-ri kita-ri shi-masu
( to go back and forth repeatedly )
あがったり、さがったりします
agatta-ri, sagatta-ri shi-masu
( to go up and go down repeatedly )
agatta-ri, sagatta-ri shi-masu
( to go up and go down repeatedly )
Verb ta Formり、Verb ta Formりします
Let’s say in Japanese !
On the weekend I play with my son at a park, watch a baseball game … and so on.
しゅうまつは むすこと こうえんで ( )、やきゅうを ( )。
When I was a child, I swam in the river, caught a fish … and so on.
こどものとき かわで ( )、さかなを ( )。
さかなを つります : to fish
The light is on and off.
でんきが ( ) ( )しています。
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