Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 50. ばかり

Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 50. ばかり (bakari)
Here is Japanese N4 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 textbook.

ばかり

1. Structure 1:
a. Structure:
Noun + ばかり

b. Meaning: Doing something all the time.

「お肉ばかり食べないで、野菜も食べなさい」
`O niku bakari tabenaide, yasai mo tabe nasai’
Don’t eat nothing but meat, you have to eat vegetables too.

今年の夏休みは苦手な漢字の勉強ばかりしていました。
Kotoshi no natsuyasumi wa nigatena kanji no benkyō bakari shite imashita.
These summer holidays I did nothing but study kanji, which I am still weak at.

今日は朝からミスばかりしている。どうしたんだろう。
Kyō wa asa kara misu bakari shite iru. Dō shita ndarou.
I have made nothing but mistakes since this morning. I do not know what is wrong!

2. Structure 2:
a. Structure: て-form verb + ばかり＋いる

b. Meaning: repeating something over and over.

うちの子は遊んでばかりいて、ぜんぜん勉強しない。
Uchinoko wa asonde bakari ite, zenzen benkyō shinai.
My child does nothing but play and will not study at all.

お母さんは怒ってばかりいる。
Okāsan wa okotte bakari iru.
Mum is always getting angry.

「人の意見を聞いてばかりいないで、自分の意見も言いましょう」
`Hito no iken o kiite bakari inaide, jibun no iken mo iimashou’
Don’t just listen to other people’s opinions all the time, you have to speak up for yourself too.