JLPT N4 General Grammar

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October 5, 2017

JLPT N4 Grammar: Mama まま Conditions don’t change

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JLPT | JLPT N4 | Grammar

まま without change

doesn't change; without change; continuing the same state

■  Noun + の + まま
    靴(くつ)のまま (keeping shoes on)

■  Verb (past/た form) + まま
    靴(くつ)をはいたまま (still wearing shoes)

■  Verb (negative ない form) + まま
  靴(くつ)をはかないまま (still not wearing shoes)

■  -na Adjectives + な + まま
  不便(ふべん)なまま (still inconvenient)

■  -i Adjectives + まま
  あたたかいまま (still warm)

例文(れいぶん) EXAMPLE SENTENCE

靴(くつ)をはいたままどうぞ。

shoes-(direct object)-enter-without change-please go ahead

Feel free to keep your shoes on.

Vocabulary & Notes


コタツをつけたまま出掛(でか)けました。

kotatsu-(direct object)-on-without change-left

I left with the kotatsu on still.

Vocabulary & Notes

窓(まど)を開(あ)けたままにしておいてください。

window | (direct object marker) | opened | as is | leave | please
Please keep the windows open.

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少(すこ)しの間(あいだ)、そのままでお願(ねが)いします。

a little | span of time | as is | with | please

Please stay as you are for a little bit.

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この問題(もんだい)は未解決(みかいけつ)のままです。

This | problem | (direct object marker) | not solved  | as is | is

This issue remains unresolved.

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COMMENTS

■  You'll hear this all the time with demonstratives:

     このまま | そのまま | あのまま

These all mean "as it is," "as things are," or "without change." Basically the この expresses ideas and objects that are near the speaker, その are for things or ideas nearby, and あの are for distant objects or thoughts.

Another somewhat idiomatic usage is the word: わがまま (selfish; egoist) which literally means "oneself + without change."

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