Lesson 38: 〜て います・もう・まだ

N5 · Lesson 38 · 18 min — Use te-form + います to say what you are doing now, where you live, and what you know. Then use もう and まだ to answer "Have you…yet?"

Last lesson: 〜ても いいです and 〜ては いけません. In this lesson, te-form + います means "am doing…". Add もう (already) and まだ (not yet), and you can answer "Have you…yet?" Let's read the comic first!

After this lesson, you can:

Still looking. No luck.

Rin checked shops in Asakusa one by one. None matched. Now he is back at くまや in 谷中やなか⋯⋯ (さがします = look for; 見みつけます = find)

〜て います = doing now; もう〜ました = already done; まだ〜て いません = not yet. Next lesson: the whole class makes rice balls!

New words in this lesson

Grammar 1 / 2: 〜て います

Verb te-form + います: ① doing it right now ② a state that keeps going (live in…, know…)

Grammar 2 / 2: もう・まだ

もう〜ました = already did; まだ〜て いません = haven't yet (not done up to now, but will be later)