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(2023) ÈÇÓ×ÅÍÈÅ ßÇÛÊΠ| ßÇÛÊÈ ÂÎÑÒÎÊÀ | ßÏÎÍÑÊÈÉ III/406 |
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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III |
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| Grammar II - 12.04 | Grammar L3 - 006 | Menu - Grammar |
| ～ので | ~ no de |
| You can use ので to give the reason for the situation described in the sentence. | |
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ので - no de acts much in the same way as から - kara but it sounds slightly more formal. |
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| いつも にほんご で はなす
ので、 にほんご が じょうず に なりました。 |
My Japanese has improved because I always speak Japanese. |
| itsumo nihongo de hanasu no-de, nihongo-ga joozu-ni narimashita. |
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| 宿題が たくさん あった ので、 きのう の 夜、寝ませんでした。 |
I did not sleep last night, because I had a lot of homework. |
| shukudai-ga takusan atta no-de, kinoo no yoru, nemasen-deshita. |
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| The reason part of the sentence ends in a short form predicate. | |
| When ので follows a noun or a なadjective, な comes in between. | |
| その 人は いじわる な ので、 きらいです。 |
I don't like that person, because he's mean. |
| sono hito-wa ijiwaru-na no-de, kirai desu. |
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| きょう は にちようび な ので、 ぎんこう は やすみ です。 |
Banks are closed, because today is a Sunday. |
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kyoo wa nichiyoobi-na no-de, |