1.8 時間: …間 …間に [during…, while…]

わたしは夏休みの間、ずっとアメリカにいました。

I was in America throughout the summer vacation.

我整個暑假都在美國。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
夏休みの間	natsuyasumi-no-aida	modifiers	during summer vacation
ずっと	zutto	modifiers	continuously
アメリカに	amerika-ni	modifiers	to America
いました	i-mashi-ta	verb conjugations	was

While the older brother is playing a game, the younger brother is watching nearby.

哥哥在玩遊戲的時候，弟弟在旁邊看着。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
兄	ani	subject	older brother
が	ga	particles	subject marker
ゲームを	ge-mu-wo	modifiers	playing a game
している	shi-te-iru	verb conjugations	is doing
間	aida	modifiers	while
弟	oto-to	subject	younger brother
は	wa	particles	topic marker
そばで	soba-de	modifiers	beside
見ています	mi-te-i-masu	predicate	is watching

I want to move during the summer vacation.

我想在暑假期間搬家。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
夏休みの間に	natsuyasumi-no-aida-ni	modifiers	during summer vacation
ひっこししたい	hikkoshi-shi-tai	predicate	want to move
です	desu	verb conjugations	is

While I was away, an express delivery arrived.

在我不在的時候，快遞送到了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
が	ga	particles	subject marker
いない間に	i-nai-aida-ni	modifiers	while not present
速達	sokutatsu	subject	express delivery
が	ga	particles	subject marker
届いた	todoi-ta	predicate	arrived