Lesson 35: 〜ことが できる・〜のが 好き・〜前に

N5 · Lesson 35 · 18 min — ことが できる・のが 好すき・前まえに

In the last lesson you learned the dictionary form (the basic form you find in a dictionary). Its biggest job is to attach to many sentence patterns! This lesson teaches the three most useful ones: 〜ことが できます (can ~, may ~), 〜のが 好すきです (like doing ~), and 〜前まえに (before ~). Let's start with the comic!

After this lesson, you can:

Before-bed time

Rin knows the dictionary form now. At night in his dorm, he looks up things in Grandpa's photo… (使つかう=use; ちょうちん=lantern; 手紙てがみ=letter; ぜんぶ=all; まいにち=every day)

Dictionary form + ことが できます = can do, + のが 好すき = like doing, + 前まえに = before. Rin found 「ちょうちん」 and will take the photo to Asakusa!

Words for this lesson

Grammar 1 / 3: Can do ~

Nが できます/Vる ことが できます: can ~, be able to ~, may ~

Grammar 2 / 3: Like doing ~

Vる のが 好すきです: like doing ~ (same for 嫌きらい・上手じょうず・下手へた)

Grammar 3 / 3: Before ~

Vる 前まえに/Nの 前まえに: before ~ (the part after 前まえに happens first)