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Could someone help me express this in Japanese?
“As soon as I thought…”
Especially: “As soon as I thought (something) was over, (something) happened.”
For example: “As soon as I thought the earthquake was over, the shaking started again.”
“As soon as I thought I had gotten better, my sore throat came back.”
Hello!
I’m on Genki 2 Chapter 19. This this the chapter where they teach you 敬語. I have a quick question about the 敬語 grammar point for what Genki calls giving “respectful commands”.
Why is ご覧になる changed to ご覧ください and not ご覧になりください? Similarity its お休みください and not お休みになりください.
I’m only confused because I see in the book that Genki wrote 召し上がりください and they listed the rule as “お + verb stem + ください”. I thought ご覧になり and お休みになり are the verb stems?
Thank you so much in advance.
Hi. Having trouble understanding 7番 of this online N5[ listening practice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY7L5cfCWno). (9:39) It says the answer is 11 o clock, but the school person mentions that Yamada sensei leaves after his class is done, and that he doesn’t come back after that 10 o clock class. Am i getting this part correctly? Does it mention somewhere that the class lasts one hour?
2 main questions:
Vocab books
– what are your favorite vocab books?
– what do they look like? I’m looking for ones that are good for learners, not just a list of terms and definitions.
Reading Comp
– what are reading comprehension books like?
– Could someone describe them to me so? they seem like a good resource in theory, but I only have a vague understanding of what they are. I don’t even really know what they would contain and I don’t want to spend money on a textbook that turns out not what I’m looking for. Could somebody maybe describe their structure or maybe show me a page of what they might look like?
– what are your favorite ones?
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