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Lesson 236: Explain why using ので
We've already learnt から to mean because or since. We're now going to learn another way of giving reasons with ので.
ので and から are very similar, but ので sounds slightly more formal.
The reason always goes before ので, and the only difference between this and から is how nouns and な-adjectives are used with it:
ので | から |
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元気なので | 元気だから |
犬なので | 犬だから |
Question | Answer |
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because, since |
ので node |
coldweather |
寒い samui |
window |
窓 mado |
It's cold, so please shut the window. |
寒いのでまどをしめてください。 samui node mado wo simete kudasai. |
It was raining so I bought an umbrella. |
雨だったので傘を買いました。 ame datta node kasa wo kaimasita. |
They're really good because they play soccer everyday. |
毎日サッカーをするのでとても上手です。 mainiti sakkaa wo suru node totemo zyouzu desu. |
cake |
ケーキ keeki |
I love banana, so I want to eat the banana cake. |
バナナが好きなので、バナナのケーキが食べたいですね。 banana ga sukina node, banana no keeki ga tabetai desu ne. |
Mr. Yamada does karaoke every day, because he loves music. |
山田さんは音楽が大好きなので、毎日カラオケをします。 yamada san ha ongaku ga daisukina node, mainiti karaoke wo simasu. |
He's clever, so he's good at studying. |
頭がいいので勉強するのが上手だ。 atama ga ii node benkyousuruno ga zyouzu da. |
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