Completing an action with 〜終わる
Grammar: Time and Sequence » 〜終わる
Attach 終わる to a verb stem to mark the end of an action.
Usage Notes
The tense belongs to 終わる: nonpast means the action will finish, while past means it has finished. It most often follows transitive action verbs but can also follow intransitive verbs.
Further Reading
- Japanese Aspect: the Beginning, Middle, & End of Actions (www.wasabi-jpn.com)
Related Grammar
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Managing to complete an action with 〜終える
- Used when effort is required to complete an actions.
- Starting something with 〜出す
Examples
Drinking completely with 〜終わる
Grammar Explanation: Completing an action with 〜終わる
Chino explains the steps to perform coffee fortune telling.
- チノ:
- 「おじいちゃんのカフェ・ド・マンシーは当たりすぎて怖いと有名でした」
- “Grandpa's Café de Mancy was famous for predictions so accurate they were scary.”
- 「飲み終わった後に残ったコーヒーの模様で占うんです」
- “After you've finished drinking it, we tell fortunes from the patterns left in the coffee.”
Supplemental Examples
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