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Quiz

  • Vertb Masu-form + ながら
  • Noun のあいだ
  • Noun のあいだに

Grammar Note

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☀️ 22. Expressions Related to Time

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1. 
きゅうじょうで いつも ビールを (　　) しあいを みます。

I always watch the game while drinking beer at the baseball field.

2. 
なつやすみの (　　) アルバイトを していました。

During the summer vacation, I'd been working part-time.

3. 
なつやすみの (　　) おばあちゃんに あいにいこうと おもっています。

Sometime during the summer vacation, I'm going to visit grandma.

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Grammar Note

⚫️ Verb Masu-form ながら

meaning : while

It means that one person does 2 actions at the same time.
The action after “ながら” is a main action.

テレビを みながら ごはんを たべます。
terebi [o] mi-nagara gohan [o] tabe-masu.
( I eat while watching TV. )

It can be used to say a long term situation.

はたらきながら だいがくで べんきょう しました。
hataraki-nagara daigaku [de] benkyō shi-mashita.
( I studied at university while working. )
pattern
Verbます -ながら

のみます
nomi-masu

たべます
tabe-masu

します
shi-masu
のみながら
nomi-nagara

たべながら
tabe-nagara

しながら
shi-nagara

⚫️ Noun のあいだ

meaning : during

It means a period of time, from the beginning of “the Noun”, to the end of “the Noun”.

たなかさんは まいとし ふゆの あいだ ハワイへ いっています。
tanaka-san [wa] maitoshi fuyu [no] aida hawai [e] itte-imasu.
( Ms.Tanaka stays in Hawai during the winter every year. )

⚫️ Noun のあいだに

meaning : during

If “に” is added to “あいだ”, it means “at a point in a period of time”.

やすみじかんの あいだに コーヒーを かいにいきました。
yasumijikan [no] aida [ni] kōhī [o] kai-ni-iki-mashita.
( I went to buy coffee during a break. )

compare

やすみじかんの あいだ ずっと ねていました。
yasumijikan [no] aida zutto nete-imashita.
( I was sleeping all the time of a break. )
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I always listen to music while driving.

answer
わたしは いつも うんてん しながら おんがくを ききます。
watashi [wa] itsumo unten shi-nagara ongaku [o] kiki-masu.

I’ll practice skiing everyday during the winter.

answer
ふゆの あいだ まいにち スキーの れんしゅうを します。
fuyu [no] aida mainich sukī [no] renshū [o] shi-masu.

ふゆの あいだ まいにち スキーを れんしゅう します。
fuyu [no] aida mainichi sukī [o] renshū shi-masu.

I traveled to Okinawa during the summer vacation.

answer
なつやすみの あいだに おきなわへ りょこう しました。
natsuyasumi [no] aida [ni] okinawa [e] ryokō shi-mashita.

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