The vocabulary course of the day focuses on time marks.
Now that we have seen the particle を, I am already informing you that the next grammar course will focus on the complement of time. However, before we tackle it, it is imperative to acquire some vocabulary. I have drawn up a list of words below so you can locate yourself in time. Most are nouns, some are adverbs, and a lot of them are going to be useful for us to use time complements in the sentences we are going to make in grammar. There is a very large number of synonyms for all these words and that we will see in more detail later, little by little, but for now focus on the words I am giving you.
現在 .
ゲンザイ
. the present
過去 .
カコ
. the past
未来 .
ミライ
. the future
今 .
いま
. now, right now, immediately
前 .
まえ
. before
後 .
あと
. after
間 .
あいだ
. while
以前 .
イゼン
. before
以後 .
イゴ
. from now on
さっき
. just now, a moment ago
時々 .
ときどき
. from time to time, a few times
もう
. already
直ぐ .
すぐ
. at once, immediatly
もう直ぐ .
もうすぐ
. soon
また
. again
まだ
. not yet
今日 .
きょう
. today
昨日 .
きのう
. yesterday
一昨日 .
おととい
. the day before yesterday
明日 .
あした
. tomorrow
明後日 .
あさって
. after tomorrow
Good. There is nothing very complicated and don’t forget that we will find most of these words in the course on "the time complement". Also note that the last five words have a polite form where you just need to take the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of the kanji. We’ll see the polite form much later, but for now, at least remember that.
As usual, continue your efforts and don’t let go of anything. Take your time to memorize this vocabulary before moving on to the next chapter.
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