~nagara
“~nagara” is use for combining 2 actions into one sentence
Example 1
Drinking Beer – Bi-ru o (nomu)nonde imasu
Watching Television – Terebi o (miru)mite imasu
I am drinking beer while watching television – Biru o nominagara, terebi o mite imasu
Meaning : Bi-ru (Beer), Terebi (Television)
Example 2
Singing a Song – Uta o (utau)utatte imasu
Walking – (Aruku)Aruite imasu
I am singing a song while walking – Uta o utainagara, aruite imasu
Meaning : Uta (Song), Utau (Sing), Aruku (Walk)
| Normal Form Kau (Buy) Kaku (Write) Oyogu (Swim) Hanasu (Talk) Matsu (Wait) Hakobu (Carry) Nomu (Drink) Uru (Sell) Special Words |
~nagara Kainagara Kakinagara Oyoginagara Hanashinagara Machinagara Hakobinagara Nominagara Urinagara Special Words |
See, Its simple. π
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February 5th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
killer blog bro!
February 5th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
Thanks.
July 18th, 2007 at 1:47 am
Nicely done, very easy to grasp.
July 18th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Thanks Thaddeus
November 7th, 2008 at 5:25 am
It is important to note that kiru is only for wearing things on the top part of your body, below your neck and above your waist.
For wearing pants panties shoes or socks you need to use haku, and for things on your head (like a hat) Kaburu. For glasses you use kakeru, for neckties/bowties shimeru, and for accessories you use suru (shite imasu)
November 7th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Hi Yatta,
Great addon. Thanks
February 24th, 2013 at 6:39 pm
γ―γͺγ’οΌ
October 28th, 2014 at 5:39 pm
good morning evryone. Please, are biiru o nominagara, terebi o mite imasu and terebi o minagara biiru o nonde imasu same? Thank you
October 28th, 2014 at 6:43 pm
Hi Corine,
Meaning are the same
One is Drinking beer while watching TV and the other is Watching beer while drinking beer
May 18th, 2015 at 5:53 pm
Hi,I have one question:why is there imasu after the verb? ^^
May 3rd, 2016 at 7:01 am
nice blog, and really helpful. Thank you ^_^
@hikari my prof is japanese, she said that for present tense one usually use te form of the verb +iru, or english progressive (-ing)
while for future we use the dictionary form of the verb
ex the cat that i have- watashi ga kau neko -future
the cat that i have (am having)-watashi ga kaitte neko -present
Japanese dont have future tense so it is lot clearer this way of whether or not one talks of present or future ^_^