Quiz : expressions related to time 22-3
Vertbます -ながら
Noun のあいだ
Noun のあいだに
Verbます 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. )
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. )
hataraki-nagara, daigaku [de] benkyō shi-mashita.
( I studied at university while working. )
Verb
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. )
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. )
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. )
yasumijikan [no] aida zutto nete-imashita.
( I was sleeping all the time of a break. )
Let's say in Japanese !
I always drive while listening to music.
I’ll practice skiing everyday during the winter.
I traveled to Okinawa during the summer vacation.

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