Japanese is Posibble Lesson by Evy Mukriani - HTML preview

Part 21

q Bakari

q Ato

q Example Sentences

q Useful Words

Bakari

Bakari, like a lot of other Japanese grammar, is best described by

using it in a sentence. If you wanted to say "I just finished drinking"

you would use bakari. You simply add bakari to the end of any

simple sentence that says "what you did". The verb will be in the -ta form

(past tense) in every case.

Some sentences that would be eligible for bakari:

ima biiru o nonda.

Now I drank beer.

gakkou kara kaetta

(you) returned from school

Examples:

ima biiru o nonda bakari desu.

now beer (what) drank (just did) is.

Just now I drank beer.

gakkou kara kaetta bakari ja nai no?

school from returned (just did) didn't?

Didn't you just return from school?

ranma o koroshita bakari da to omou

ranma (who) killed (just did) and thinks

I think (he) just killed Ranma.

Ato

If you ever want to say after, you will probably need to use this

word. Ato is very similar to the English word after. Ato, like bakari,

is used with the -ta form. You can add it to just about any "past