Tham khảo tài liệu 'a dictionary of basic japanese grammar – part 4', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | kara2 177 kara2 conỉ- after since a point in time at which . takes place after having done . since time REL. ato de fe-form of verb Key Sentence Nte W-F i Yukiko wa bangohan 0 tabete ỉ Ị kara l iSi fr-3 L7io eiga ni itta Ị ikimashita. After eating her supper Yukiko went to a movie. Vte kara after talking hanashite kara after eating tabete kara Iimiiiimiiil Examples a Watashi wa tomodachi ni denwashite kara uchi o deta. I left home after making a call to my friend. b V 3 7 Jõnzu-san wa itsumo shawa o abite kara nemasu. Mr. Jones always goes to bed after taking a shower. c Watashitachi ga kono ie 0 katte kara mõ junen ni naru. It s already been ten years since we bought this house. tto Ninen mae ni kotsujiko o okoshite kara. Mirá-san wa kuruma ni noranai yõni shite imasu. Since he caused a traffic accident two years ago Mr. Miller has been trying not to drive a car. 178 karaz N tes J 1. Vie kara s means s after doing . or s since did . The usage of kara2 is an extended use of karax. 2. Te kara is not to be confused with ta kara in which kara is used as a conjunction of cause reason. karaz 1 a. Jogingu o shite kara shawa o abita. After jogging I took a shower. b. y Jogingu o shit a kara shawa o abita. Because I jogged I took a shower. Related Expression Kara in Nte kara can be omitted if the main verb does not indicate a high degree of volitional control on the part of the speaker as in the cases of a strong suggestion determination or a command. Thus in KS and Exs. a Kb b and c kara can drop but in Ex. d la and 2a it cannot. 1 a. ĩ L-ẳ L X Benkyõ ga owatte kara tenisu o shimashõ. Let s play tennis after we ve finished studying. b. Benkyõ ga owatte tenisu 0 shimashõ. We ve finished studying and let s play tennis. 2 a. V o Benkyõ ga owatte kara asobinasai. Play after you ve finished studying. b. Benkyõ ga owatte asobinasai. You ve finished studying and play. The difference between te kara and te is that the former focuses more on chronological order and .
