= Anoo…Mou ichijikan mo matte irundesuga… hirugohan wa mada desu ka? Mou juuniji desu yo.
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= excuse me…. I have been wait for one hour already. Isn’t my lunch prepared yet? It’s already 12 o’clock girlfriend know.
Hi everyone!
Hi, i am Minky. Ns am earlier again! また来ましたよ= Mata kimashita yo.
Today’s lesson is around もう ( = mou ) & まだ ( = mada).
もう ( = mou) means “already / anymore” and also まだ ( = mada) way “not however / still”
For example you simply saw your watch and also checked the time.
If friend think the is late and time has passed without realizing it, you deserve to say:
A: もうこんな時間だ。
= Mou konna jikan da.
= Look in ~ the time! (It’s already this late.)
and if girlfriend think that is quiet early, girlfriend say
B : まだこんな時間だ。
= Mada konna jikan da.
= the is still early.
The well known the glass is fifty percent empty or full quote will certainly be,
C: もう半分ない。
= Mou hanbun nai.
= half is already gone.
(→The glass is half empty)
D: まだ半分ある。
= Mada hanbun aru.
= fifty percent is still left.
(→The glass is still half full)
in Japanese.
You both use them in an unfavorable and affirmative sentences. Allow me explain.
★もう ( = mou)
1) already: through affirmative sentences
Ex. 「もう宿題やったの？」
= Mou shukudai yatta no?
= did you already do her homework?
「うん、もうやった。」
= Un, mou yatta.
= Yes, ns did the already.
Ex. 今日は、６時にはもう電車に乗っていた。
= Kyou wa, rokuji niwa mou densha ni notte ita.
= i was currently on the train at 6 today.
Ex. ４歳になった時にはもうひらがなが全部書けた。
= Yonsai ni natta toki niwa mou hiragana ga zenbu kaketa.
= ns could already write every the hiragana by the moment I had turned four years old.
Ex. もういい大人なんだから自分のことは自分で考えなさい。
= Mou ii otona nan dakara jibun no koto wa jibun de kangaenasai.
= You room old sufficient to think because that yourself.
Ex. もう７月なの? 時間が過ぎるの早いね。(casual)
= Mou shichigatsu nano? Jikan ga sugiru no hayai ne.
= It’s currently July? Time flies!
Ex. もういい加減にしてよ！(female)
= Mou iikagen ni shite yo!
*もういい加減にしろよ！(male/rough)
= Mou iikagen ni shiro yo!
= sufficient already!
Ex.もう半袖の季節なんだ。
= Mou hansode no kisetsu nanda.
= It’s already the season of fifty percent sleeves.
2) anymore/not again: with negative sentences
Ex. もう彼には会わない。
= Mou kare niwa awanai.
= i won’t see him again.
Ex. もうそんなことは言いません。
= Mou souna koto wa iimasen.
= ns won’t say such a point again.
Ex.もう二度とやりません。
= Mou nidoto yarimasen.
= i won’t do that ever again.
Ex. もうこの暑さには、耐えられない。
= Mou kono atsusa niwa, taerarenai.
= ns can’t stand this heat anymore.
★まだ ( = mada) no yet, still
1) still: through affirmative sentences
Looking in ~ old pictures.
Ex. この頃はまだ痩せていたなあ。
= Konokoro wa mada yasete ita naa.
= i was quiet slim then.
Ex. まだそこにいたの？
= Mada soko ni itano?
= space you tho there?
Ex. うちの子はまだ３歳です。
= Uchino ko wa mada sansai desu.
= My boy is tho 3 year old.
Ex. マギー先生、まだ「もう」と「まだ」の違いがわかりません。
= Maggie sensei, mada “mou” come “mada” no chigai ga wakarimasen.
= Maggie Sensei, ns still don’t recognize the difference in between “mou” and “mada”.
Ex. まだ昨日のこと、怒っているの？
= Mada kinou no koto, okotte iruno?
= room you tho mad about yesterday?
*まだまだ ( = madamada) once you emphasize the meaning, girlfriend repeat まだ (=mada)
Ex. 母は自分のことをまだまだ若いと思っている。
= Haha wa jibun no koto wo madamada wakai to omotte iru.
= My mommy thinks she is tho pretty young.
Ex. まだまだこの世の中にはわからないことがいっぱいある。
= Madamada kono yo no naka niwa wakaranai koto ga ippai aru.
= There are still so countless things in this human being that we don’t know.
Ex. 娘が小学校を卒業するのはまだまだ先のことだと思っていた。
= Musume ga shougakkou wo sotsugyou suru no wa madamada saki no koto dato omotte ita.
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= I thought my daughter’s elementary institution graduation was still a long method away.