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ÀÓÄÈÎ 389 | GRAMMAR I - 09.04
   
Grammar I - 09.04 Grammar L3 - 005 Menu - Grammar
～から ~kara
  から added to a sentence means "because."
The explanation clause can be added into the sentence using から: explanation + から.
   
  explanation から, situation.
　　　　　　＝　situation, because explanation
　　　　　　＝　explanation, therefore, situation
私は　朝ごはんを　食べません　でした。
忙しかった　です　から。		 I didn't have breakfast.
I was busy because.

watashi-wa asagohan-o tabemasen deshita.
isogashi-katta desu kara.

  
   
あした　しけん　が 　ある　から、
わたし　は　こんばん　べんきょうします。

I will study this evening,
because we will have an exam tomorrow.

(= We will have an exam tomorrow, therefore, I will study this evening.)
ashita shiken ga aru kara,
watashi wa konban benkyoo-shimasu.		  
   
寒かった　から、
出かけません　でした。		 We did not go out,
because it was cold.

(= It was cold, therefore, I didn't go out.)
samu-katta kara,
dekakemasen deshita.		  
   
  Long (polite) and short (informal) forms are both used before kara.
(However, the long form before kara is inappropriate when the entire sentence ends in a short form).
かぶき　の 　きっぷ　が　あります　から、
いっしょに　み　に　いきましょう。		 Let's go see Kabuki. I have tickets.

kabuki no kippu ga arimasu kara,
issho-ni mi ni ikimashoo.