Learn how to use the sentence pattern "~ because..."
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, I'm John. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| John: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 50. Explaining a Reason or Cause. |
| John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for explaining the cause or reason for an action or condition. |
| PATTERN |
| John: For example, |
| John: "I'm going to bed early because I'm tired." |
| Risa: 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| Risa: [slow] 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| John: The pattern for explaining the cause or reason for an action or condition has three elements. First, a sentence indicating the cause, in this case "I'm tired." |
| Risa: 疲れた (Tsukareta) |
| John: Second, a conjunction that means "because." |
| Risa: から (kara) |
| John: Third, a sentence with the main action, meaning "I'm going to bed early." |
| Risa: 早く寝ます (hayaku nemasu) |
| John: Altogether, we have... "I'm going to bed early because I'm tired." |
| Risa: 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) [slow] 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) [normal] 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| John: The sentence pattern to say "because..." in Japanese, is a sentence that expresses cause or reason, followed by the conjunction meaning "because," then the sentence referring to the action or condition that is caused by the preceding sentence. |
| Again, "I'm going to bed early because I'm tired." is... |
| Risa: 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| John: So remember, to explain the cause or reason for an action or condition, you say the sentence containing the cause or reason plus |
| Risa: から (kara) |
| John: then add the sentence referring to the action or condition caused by the preceding sentence. |
| John: Here is another example meaning, "Please be careful because it's dangerous here." First, a sentence indicating the cause and meaning "It's dangerous here." |
| Risa: ここは危ない (Koko wa abunai) |
| John: Second, the conjunction meaning "because." |
| Risa: から (kara) |
| John: Third, a sentence meaning "Please be careful." |
| Risa: 気を付けてください (ki o tsukete kudasai) |
| John: Altogether we have... |
| Risa: ここは危ないから、気を付けてください。 (Koko wa abunai kara, ki o tsukete kudasai.) [slow] ここは危ないから、気を付けてください。 (Koko wa abunai kara, ki o tsukete kudasai.) [normal] ここは危ないから、気を付けてください。 (Koko wa abunai kara, ki o tsukete kudasai.) |
| John: "Please be careful because it's dangerous here." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここは危ないから、気を付けてください。 (Koko wa abunai kara, ki o tsukete kudasai.) |
| John: How do you say, "I want to drink water since I'm thirsty." To give you a hint, "to be thirsty" is... |
| Risa: のどが渇く(nodo ga kawaku) |
| John: which in the past tense is…. |
| Risa: のどが渇いた (nodo ga kawaita). [slow] のどが渇いた (nodo ga kawaita) |
| John: "I want to drink water since I'm thirsty." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: のどが渇いたから、水が飲みたいです。 (Nodo ga kawaita kara, mizu ga nomitai desu.) [slow] のどが渇いたから、水が飲みたいです。 (Nodo ga kawaita kara, mizu ga nomitai desu.) [normal] のどが渇いたから、水が飲みたいです。 (Nodo ga kawaita kara, mizu ga nomitai desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: のどが渇いたから、水が飲みたいです。 (Nodo ga kawaita kara, mizu ga nomitai desu.) |
| REVIEW |
| John: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| John: "I'm going to bed early because I'm tired." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| John: "Please be careful because it's dangerous here." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここは危ないから、気を付けてください。 (Koko wa abunai kara, ki o tsukete kudasai.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここは危ないから、気を付けてください。 (Koko wa abunai kara, ki o tsukete kudasai.) |
| John: "I want to drink water since I'm thirsty." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: のどが渇いたから、水が飲みたいです。 (Nodo ga kawaita kara, mizu ga nomitai desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: のどが渇いたから、水が飲みたいです。 (Nodo ga kawaita kara, mizu ga nomitai desu.) |
Outro |
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| John: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for explaining the cause or reason for an action or condition, as in... |
| Risa: 疲れたから、早く寝ます。 (Tsukareta kara, hayaku nemasu.) |
| John: meaning "I'm going to bed early because I'm tired." |
| John: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: またね！(Mata ne!). |
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