say almost using hotondo

hotondo have various meaning, it can mean : almost, a few, little, we can use hotondo as adjective verb, and it use both in first sentence and center of sentence. oke let's see some example below

first sentence
ほとんど　この　仕事は終わらない。
hotondo kono shigoto wa owaranai
this work almost doesn't done.
pekerjaan ini hampir tidak selesai

center sentence
今週は仕事たくさんあって日本語はほとんど勉強しません。
konsyuu wa shigoto takusan atte, nihongo ha hotondo benkyousimasen.
minggu ini banyak sekali kerjaan, hampir tidak belajar sama sekali.

すしは　ほとんど　食べません。
sushi wa hotondo tabemasen.
(I) almost doesn't eat sushi.
(saya) hampir tidak makan sushi sama sekali.

before hotondo is very common using particle wa. hotondo can followed by negative sentence and positive sentence like example above.

hotondo di gunakan untuk menyatakan hampir, baik di ikuti kalimat positif maupun kalimat negatif, seperti pada contoh di atas.

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as son as using shidai

shidai 次第、it's same with .. tara sugi, after something i will doing another think as soon as possible. shidai also include conjunction verb. here some sample sentence using shidai

after V.masu
この電車は松本着き次第、長野へ行く。
kono densya ha matsumoto tsuki shidai, nagano he iku.
as soon this train get Matsumoto will going to Nagano.
setelah sampai Matsumoto kereta ini segera ke Nagano.

この本は読み次第　あなたに送りたします。
kono hon ha yomi shidai anatani okuritasimasu.
I will send this book as soon as possible after has read it.
saya akan mengirim buku ini kepada anda segera setelah saya selesai membacanya.


after Noun
帰国次第　お電話を差し上げます。
kikai shidai odenwa wo sashiagemasu.
I will call you as soon as i get my country.

秋葉原　で　到着　次第　電話してください。
akihabara de toucyaku shidai denwashite kudasai.
please call as soon after arrived at akihabara.
mohon telpon secepatnya ketiksa sampai di Akihabara.

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