01
PATTERN
Vて、Vて、V
Connect actions with successive て-forms. Their order normally matches the real sequence.
EXAMPLE · 例文朝 起きて、顔 を 洗って、朝ご飯 を 食べます。
I get up, wash my face, and eat breakfast.
第16課 · COMPLETE LESSON
てから
Connecting actions
Grammar first. Vocabulary ready when you are.These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
GRAMMAR NOTES · 文法Build the pattern.
Build the pattern.
Then see it move.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
02
PATTERN
Vてから
Use てから to emphasize that one action is completed before the next begins.
EXAMPLE · 例文仕事 が 終わってから、買い物します。
After work finishes, I go shopping.
03
PATTERN
い-adj くて／N・な-adj で
Use くて to connect い-adjectives and で to connect nouns or な-adjectives.
EXAMPLE · 例文この 店 は 安くて、おいしいです。
This shop is inexpensive and delicious.
04
PATTERN
N1 は N2 が adjective
Use this pattern to describe one feature or body part belonging to the topic.
EXAMPLE · 例文大阪 は 食べ物 が おいしいです。
Osaka’s food is delicious.
05
PATTERN
どうやって／どの・どれ
どうやって asks how something is done. どの modifies a noun, while どれ stands alone to ask which one.
EXAMPLE · 例文駅 まで どうやって 行きますか。
How do you get to the station?
06
PATTERN
place を movement verb
With 出ます, 降ります, and similar movement verbs, を marks the place being left or passed through.
EXAMPLE · 例文次 の 駅 で 電車 を 降ります。
I get off the train at the next station.
LESSON WORDS · 語彙
Open spaced repetition →58 words from this lesson.
ride, get on [a train]
get off
change (trains, etc.)
take [a shower]
put in, insert
take out, hand in, send
withdraw
enter [university]
graduate from [university]
push, press
drink alcohol
start, begin
tour, visit a place to study it
phone
young
long
short
bright, light
dark
body, health
head, brain
hair
face
eye
ear
nose
mouth
tooth
stomach
leg, foot
height
service
jogging (～を します : jog)
shower
green, greenery
Buddhist temple
Shinto shrine
number －
in what way, how
which ～ (used for three or more)
which one (of three or more things)
That's amazing!
[No,] I still have a long way to go.
Are you making a withdrawal?
first of all
next, as a next step
cash dispensing card
personal identification number, PIN
amount of money
confirmation (～します : confirm)
button
Japan Railways
Snow Festival
Bandung (in Indonesia)
Franken (in Germany)
Veracruz (in Mexico)
a district in Osaka
a fictitious bus stop