'Bakari' - just did

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Bakari

Bakari, like a lot of other Japanese grammar, is best described by using it in a sentence. If you wanted to say "I just finished drinking" you would use bakari. You simply add bakari to the end of any simple sentence that says "what you did". The verb will be in the -ta form (past tense) in every case.

Some sentences that would be eligible for bakari:

ima biiru o nonda.
Now I drank beer.

gakkou kara kaetta
(you) returned from school

Examples:

ima biiru o nonda bakari desu.
now beer (what) drank (just did) is.
Just now I drank beer.

gakkou kara kaetta bakari ja nai no?
school from returned (just did) didn't?
Didn't you just return from school?

ranma o koroshita bakari da to omou
ranma (who) killed (just did) and thinks
I think (he) just killed Ranma.


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