Usages of hotondo
水筒 に 冷たい お茶 を 入れて おいた のに、 昼 まで に ほとんど 飲んで しまいました。suitou ni tumetai otya wo irete oita noni, hiru made ni hotondo nonde simaimasita.
Even though I had put cold tea in my water bottle, I drank almost all of it by noon.
会議 の 準備 は ほとんど 終わりました。kaigi no zyunbi ha hotondo owarimasita.
The preparations for the meeting are almost finished.
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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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