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.
それで : then, and, also, so, therefore
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
テレビのニュース : a tv news
夕食を食べていた時 : while you were having supper (past tense)
ニュース : a 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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