JLPT N4 Grammar: ~ta bakari ～たばかり Just finished

～たばかり Just Finished

just; just finished; something just happened

■ Verb (past form) + ばかり

勉強(べんきょう)したばかり (just studied)

例文(れいぶん) EXAMPLE SENTENCE

私(わたし)は食(た)べたばかりなので、おなかがいっぱいです。

I-(topic marker)-ate-only-therefore-stomach-(subject marker)-full-is
I just ate so I’m full.

映画(えいが)は始(はじ)まったばかりだ。

movie | as for | started | just | (copula)
The movie just started.

起(お)きたばかりなので、まだ眠(ねむ)いです。

COMMENTS

■ Add ばかりto the past (た) form of a verb to indicate something just finished or just occurred.

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