I have a phrase that says: The man was 40 years old, and was standing to the right of the exit. I know how to use past tense, and how to bind clauses together with the -te form、 in this sentence the first clause gets it tense from the final verb in the second clause, right? That gives me: 男 の 人 が 四 十 歳 で 口 の 右 に 立 ち ま し た 。 But then in this one, where the first clause is in the past tense and the second one in the present tense, how will I bind the sentence together and give the information of the first part occurring in the past but not the second? Yamamoto drank a lot of alcohol and now he has a headache. 山 本 さ ん は お 酒 が た く さ ん 読 み ま し た 、 今 頭 が 痛 い で す 。 ? Could I say 読 ん で い ま し た Instead? No I don't think so.. た す け っ て く だ さ い 。 Ida

Subject created by idahime on Apr 06, 2008 @ 23:13

さ す が Takecさ ん

Comment written by Jesiel on May 14, 2008 @ 17:09

Hello

The man was 40 years old, and was standing to the right of the exit.
> そ の 男 は 、 40歳 だ っ た 、 そ し て 出 口 の 右 側 に 立 っ て い た 。

Yamamoto drank a lot of alcohol and now he has a headache.
＞ 山 本 は 、 酒 を た く さ ん 飲 ん だ 、 そ し て 今 は 頭 痛 が し て い る 。
読 む 　 ＞ 　 read　 not　 drink

takec

Comment written by takec on Apr 29, 2008 @ 17:06