Thursday, February 12, 2009

Japanese Grammar: tokoro, aida, imasu vs arimasu

Tokoro

Means "place", but in some contexts means other things.

dictionary form of verb + tokoro = used when someone's about to do something.
"te" form of verb + tokoro = used while someone is doing something.
"ta" form of verb + tokoro = used after someone's finished.

Why you'd use tokoro only for some verbs and not all the time, I'm not sure.

Aida

some meanings: between, during, and while.

imasu vs arimasu

imasu = living things
arimasu= non-living things.

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