G19 · After: 〜てから

Before you start

The sentences only use words you already know from hiragana, katakana and the beginner level.

This lesson assumes what you saw in the earlier ones. If something feels shaky, go back to it:

• G01build sentences with は and です
• G02ask and answer
• G03say what something is not
• G04say whose something is
• G05point at things and ask what they are
• G06say «also»
• G07say what you do
• G08say no and talk about the past
• G09say where you go
• G10say where you do something
• G11describe things and say they aren't
• G12describe with な-adjectives and before a noun
• G13say what there is and where
• G14ask and say where something is
• G15talk about what was
• G16ask politely
• G17say what is happening now
• G18say what you want to do

What you learn

〜てから 〜ます

• からafter (with て)

The て-form + から means «after»: what comes first goes first. しゅくだいを してから テレビを みます = I watch TV after doing my homework.

• あさごはんを たべてから がっこうに いきます。asagohan o tabete kara gakkou ni ikimasu.I go to school after breakfast.
• しゅくだいを してから テレビを みます。shukudai o shite kara terebi o mimasu.I watch TV after doing my homework.
• てがみを かいてから ねます。tegami o kaite kara nemasu.I go to bed after writing the letter.
• しんぶんを よんでから あさごはんを たべます。shinbun o yonde kara asagohan o tabemasu.I have breakfast after reading the paper.
• おきてから コーヒーを のみます。okite kara koohii o nomimasu.After getting up, I have coffee.
• ばんごはんを たべてから さんぽを します。bangohan o tabete kara sanpo o shimasu.I take a walk after dinner.

Practice

A short text written only with the kana and grammar you already know. Read it and answer.