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朝 から お腹 が すいて いた のに、 忙しくて 昼ご飯 を 食べる 時間 が なかった。asa kara onaka ga suite ita noni, isogashikute hirugohan o taberu jikan ga nakatta.
Meaning
Even though I had been hungry since morning, I was so busy that I had no time to eat lunch.
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Breakdown of asa kara onaka ga suite ita noni, isogashikute hirugohan o taberu jikan ga nakatta.
をo
direct object particle
食べるtaberu
to eat
がga
subject particle
朝asa
morning
Questions & Answers about asa kara onaka ga suite ita noni, isogashikute hirugohan o taberu jikan ga nakatta.
Why is it 朝から and not 朝に?
から means from/since, so 朝から means from the morning onward or since morning.
Here, the speaker is saying that the state of being hungry started in the morning and continued after that.
If you used 朝に, it would simply point to at/in the morning as a time, not emphasize that the condition began then and lasted.
So:
- 朝からお腹がすいていた = I had been hungry since morning
- 朝にお腹がすいた = I got hungry in the morning
Why is it お腹がすいていた instead of お腹をすいていた?
The expression お腹がすく is a set phrase meaning to get hungry.
In this expression, お腹 takes が, not を. That is because お腹がすく treats the stomach/hunger state as the thing that becomes empty or is in a hungry state, rather than something you actively do.
So the natural pattern is:
- お腹がすく = to get hungry
- お腹がすいている = to be hungry
Using を here would be unnatural.
What exactly is すいて in すいていた?
