Japanese from zero · N3 Lesson 37
All the way, every time
〜通す ・ 〜かける ・ 〜たびに ・ 〜たものだ ・ わざわざ
In this lesson, you will learn to say you did something all the way to the end, that something is only half done, that something happens every time, what you often used to do, and that someone went to the trouble of doing something. The friends hold a farewell party for Matsumoto, and Ai comes all the way from Tokyo.
By the end you will be able to say
最後まで 新聞を 出し通しました。I kept putting out the paper to the very end.
その カレーは まだ 作りかけです。That curry is only half made.
部室に 行く たびに、先輩が いました。Every time I went to the club room, senpai was there.
この 一年、よく 徹夜した ものです。This year we often stayed up all night.
わざわざ 来て くれて、ありがとう。Thank you for going to the trouble of coming.
The grammar in this lesson
- 〜通す — all the way through; to the end — ます-stem + 通す says you kept doing something all the way to the end.
- 〜かける / 〜かけ — half-done; started but not finished — ます-stem + かける says something was started and stopped partway; 〜かけの + noun describes the half-done thing.
- 〜たびに — every time — Dictionary form or noun + の + たびに says that every time one thing happens, another does too.
- 〜たものだ — used to (often) — A past plain verb + ものだ looks back fondly at something you often did.
- わざわざ — going to the trouble; all the way — わざわざ says someone took extra trouble to do something, often in thanks.