The New Japanese Era

The New Japanese Era
I had not watched tv news until supper time yesterday because I was busy. So, I got the name of new era on the tv news during our supper.
新しい元号
昨日は忙しくて、夕食時までテレビを見ていませんでした。それで、夕食を食べている時にテレビのニュースで新しい元号名を知りました。


Words and Phrases

新しい (あたらしい) : new (adjective)

元号 (げんごう) : an era, the name of an era

今日 (きょう) : today

昨日 (さくじつ) : yesterday

忙しい (いそがしい) : busy

今日は忙しい : You are busy today.

忙しかった : You were busy.

昨日は忙しかった : You were busy yesterday.

忙しくて : because you are/were busy

今日は忙しくて、.... : You are busy today and/then/so ........

昨日は忙しくて、.... : You were busy yesterday and/then/so .............

夕食 (ゆうしょく) : supper

時 (とき) : a time, while you are doing something, during an event or activity

夕食時 (ゆうしょくじ) : supper time

夕食時まで : until your supper time, through your supper time

テレビ : a television (appliance), a tv program, tv broadcasting

見る (みる) : to see, to watch (verb)

見た (みた) : You watched it. You saw it.

テレビを見る : You watch a tv program.

テレビを見た : You watched a tv program.

テレビを見ている。/ テレビを見ています。: You are now watching a tv program. (present progress), You have been watching tv programs. (current and recent activity)

テレビを見ていた。/ テレビを見ていました。: You were watching a tv program. (past progress), You had been watching tv programs. (past activity)

テレビを見ていない。/ テレビを見ていません。: You are not watching a tv program. (present progress), You have not watched tv programs. (current and recent activity)

テレビを見ていなかった。/ テレビを見ていませんでした。: You were not watching a tv program. (past progress), You had not watched tv programs. (past activity)

夕食時まで見ていました。: I had been seeing/watching it until supper time.

夕食時まで見ていませんでした。: I had not seen/watched it until supper time.

それで : then, and, also, so, therefore

食べる (たべる) : to eat (verb), to have a meal (verb)

夕食を食べる : You have supper.

食べている時 : while you are eating food, during your meal

夕食を食べている時 : during your supper time, while you are/were having supper

夕食を食べていた時 : while you were having supper (past tense)

ニュース : a news

テレビのニュース : a tv news

元号名 (げんごうめい) : the name of an era

新しい元号名 : the name of the new era

知る (しる) : to get to know, to get an information, to notice, to realize, to be notified, to be reported, to be informed (verb)

知った (しった) / 知りました (しりました) : You got to know. You noticed. You realized. You were informed. You were reported.

夕食を食べている時に知りました。: I got to know it while I was having supper.

テレビのニュースで知りました。: I got to know it on the tv news.

新しい元号名を知りました : I got to know the name of new era.



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