Playing chess while soaking with 〜ながら

Grammar Explanation: Concurrent events with 〜ながら

Cocoa says to Chino that playing chess while soaking in a hot spring sounds nice.

ココア:: 「温泉(おんせん)に浸(つ)かりながらチェス出来(でき)るのっていいねー」; “Being able to play chess while soaking in a hot spring is nice.”

Key Points

1浸(つ)かりながらチェス出来(でき)る combines two activities

Cocoa imagines the same people soaking in the hot spring and playing chess at the same time.

2浸(つ)かる uses its stem before ながら

浸(つ)かる becomes 浸(つ)かり, and the action before ながら supplies the background for playing chess.

3のっていいね evaluates the whole idea

の turns チェス出来(でき)る into a noun-like idea, って makes it the topic, and いいね says it sounds nice.

Vocabulary

温泉 (Hot spring)

温泉(おんせん) means a hot spring: naturally heated mineral water that emerges from the ground. It is also used for the bathing facilities and resort areas built around such springs.