Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – かけ/かける (kake/ kakeru)

10/12/2020Updated 04/09/20211 min read

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Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – かけ/かける (kake/ kakeru)
Here is Japanese N3 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 textbook.

102. ~かけ/かける
a. Meaning: a state of being half-done, not finished.

b. Structure: Vます without ます + かけ/かける

書きかけの手紙
Kaki kake no tegami
A half-written letter

読みかけの本
Yomikake no hon
A half-read book

食べかけのりんご
Tabe kake no ringo
A half-eaten apple

忘れかけていた記憶
Wasurekakete ita kioku
A fading memory (almost forgotten)

「やりかけたことは最後までちゃんとやりなさい」
`Yari kaketa koto wa saigomade chanto yari nasai’
Finish what you left half-done carefully to the end.

彼女は何か言いかけたが、すぐに口を閉じてしまった。
Kanojo wa nani ka ii kaketaga, sugu ni kuchi o tojite shimatta.
She started to say something but immediately fell silent.

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