1.2 時間: Vながら [while doing (verb)]

父はよく音楽を聞きながら絵をかきます。

My father often draws while listening to music.

父親經常一邊聽音樂一邊畫畫。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
父	chichi	subject	father
は	wa	particles	topic marker
よく	yoku	modifiers	often
音楽を	ongaku-wo	modifiers	music (object marker)
聞きながら	kiki-nagara	modifiers	while listening
絵を	e-wo	modifiers	picture (object marker)
かきます	kaki-masu	predicate	draws

Taro, don’t eat while watching TV.

太郎，不要一邊看電視一邊喫飯。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
太郎	taro	subject	Taro
チレビ	chirebi	modifiers	TV
見ながら	mi-nagara	modifiers	while watching
ご飯	gohan	modifiers	meal
食べないで	tabe-nai-de	verb conjugations	do not eat

I will learn how to work while helping out at my father’s shop.

我在幫助父親的店鋪的同時學習工作的方法。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
父	chichi	modifiers	father
の	no	particles	possessive marker
店	mise	modifiers	shop
を	wo	particles	direct object marker
てつだい	tetsudai	verb conjugations	helping
ながら	nagara	particles	while
仕事	shigoto	modifiers	work
の	no	particles	possessive marker
やり方	yarikata	modifiers	way of doing
おばえます	oba-e-masu	predicate	will teach

During my student days, I was attending a Japanese language school while working part-time.

學生時代，我一邊打工一邊上日語學校。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
学生時代	gakusei-jidai	modifiers	student days
わたし	watashi	subject	I
アルバイト	arubaito	modifiers	part-time job
日本語学校	nihongo-gakko	modifiers	Japanese school
に	ni	particles	direction marker
通っていた	to—t-te-i-ta	verb conjugations	was attending

We ordered our dishes while looking at the menu.

我們一邊看菜單一邊點菜。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたしたち	watashi-tachi	subject	we
は	wa	particles	topic marker
メニュー	menyu	modifiers	menu
を	wo	particles	object marker
見ながら	mi-nagara	modifiers	while looking
料理	ryo-ri	object	dish
を	wo	particles	object marker
注文しました	chu-mon-shi-mashi-ta	predicate	ordered

Please open your mouth wide and sing.

請張大嘴唱歌。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
口を	kuchi-wo	modifiers	mouth
大きく	o-kiku	modifiers	big
開けて	ake-te	verb conjugations	open
歌って	uta-t-te	verb conjugations	sing
ください	kudasai	predicate	please