Lesson 81
Ta Form + toki
There are several ways to translate time into Japanese, but toki is used when talking about the time that certain events occurred. After the Ta Form, it is equivalent to "when" in "When you came over last week...." Here are some examples:
- Watashi wa sore o yonda toki, totemo odorokimashita. (When I read that, I was very surprised.)
- Sore o kiita toki waratta. (I laughed when I heard that.)
- John wa koketa toki zubon ga yabureta. (John's pants tore when he fell.)
Word Check
totemo: very
odoroku: to be surprised
warau: to laugh
kokeru: to stumble and fall; to trip and fall
zubon: pants
yabureru: to tear (intransitive); to be torn
(Verbs are shown in their plain form.)
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