13.II.2 決定: Vつづけます [continue to do V]

山道を一日中歩きつづけて、

I have been walking on the mountain road all day.

繼續整天走在山道上，

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
山道	sando	subject	mountain path
を	wo	particles	object marker
一日中	tusitachi-chu	modifiers	all day
歩きつづけて	aruki-tsuzuke-te	verb conjugations	continued walking

My foot started to hurt.

腳疼了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
足	ashi	subject	foot
が	ga	particles	subject marker
痛くなりました	itaku-nari-mashi-ta	predicate	has become painful

I have been thinking about this since morning.

我從早上開始一直在思考這件事，但是…

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
このことを	kono koto o	modifiers	about this matter
朝から	asa kara	-	since morning
ずっと	zutto	-	continuously
考えつづけていますが、	kangaetsuzuketeimasu ga,	-	(I) have been thinking, but

There is still no conclusion.

還沒有得出結論。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
まだ	mada	modifiers	still
結論	ketsuron	subject	conclusion
出ません	de-mase-n	predicate	has not been reached

Once you decide to do one thing,

一旦決定做一件事，

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
1つのことを	hitotsu no koto o	modifiers	one thing (direct object marker)
やると	yaru to	-	when doing
決めたら、	kimetara,	-	decide, and

It is important to keep going.

堅持下去是很重要的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
やりつづけることが	yari-tsuzukeru-koto-ga	modifiers	Continuation of doing
大切です	taisetsu-desu	predicate	is important

I have been taking this medicine for 20 years already.

我已經連續吃了這種藥已經有20年了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
もう	mo	modifiers	already
20年	nijuunen	modifiers	20 years
も	mo	particles	also
この	kono	modifiers	this
薬	kusuri	subject	medicine
を	wo	particles	object marker
飲みつづけている	nomi-tsuzuke-te-iru	verb conjugations	continue to take
ん	n	particles	explanatory
です	desu	predicate	is