Vmasu

Meaning & usage

A continuative form of a verb which means "V and...".

Example sentences 8

1. みんながお金を出し合い、京子の出産祝いを買った。

   Everybody contributed some money and bought a present for Kyoko's new baby.

2. ジョンは日本で生まれ、十歳まで日本の学校で勉強した。

   John was born in Japan and studied at a Japanese school until he was ten.

3. 日本では一週間前から 梅雨つゆに入り、毎日 鬱陶うっとうしい日が続いています。

   In Japan we've been in the rainy season for a week (literally: since a week ago) and had gloomy days every day.

4. 本校の五十周年を記念し、祝賀パーティーを開きます。

   Commemorating this school's fiftieth anniversary, we are going to have a celebration party.

5. 海老は殻からを 剥むき、サラダ油で 軽かるく炒めます。

   As for shrimp, you take their shells off and fry them lightly in salad oil.

6. 父は銀行に勤め、母はうちの近くでブティックを開いている。

   My father works for a bank and my mother has a boutique near my house.

7. 男が荷車の前の綱を引っ張り、女が後ろを押した。

   The man pulled the rope in front of the cart and the woman pushed it from behind.

8. 長男ちょうなんは医者になり、 次男じなんは弁護士になった。

   My first son became a doctor and my second, a lawyer.