Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Mid-Sentence Stems

A verb stem or an i-adjective stem + く can occur mid-sentence to represent an "and", letting us know that the sentence is continuing. This is pretty exclusive to writing, because in speech people will generally use the て form to connect multiple thoughts in a sentence.

昨日は遊園地に友達と行き、そこでアイスクリームをたくさん食べた。
Yesterday I went to a theme park with my friend, and we ate a lot of ice cream there.

見つけた子犬は白く、とても遊戯的だったよ。
The puppy I found was white, and he was very playful.

一人暮らしだから、寝る前にホラーの映画を見、クッキーを焼くのが好きだよ。
Since I live alone, I like to watch horror movies and bake cookies before going to bed.

クリスマスに祖母はすごくうれしく、皆にプレゼントをあげた。
My grandmother was very happy on Christmas, and she gave everyone presents.

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