N5

While Doing with ながら

Connect two actions by the same subject and express that one happens while the other is in progress.

Form ながら from the verb stem.Use ながら to connect simultaneous actions by the same subject.Recognize the main action in a sentence with ながら.

Guided study

Forming ながら

Take the ます-stem of a verb and add ながら. The same person does both actions, and one action happens while the other continues.

音楽を聞きながら勉強する。

I study while listening to music.

聞きながら is made from the ます-stem 聞き plus ながら.

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コーヒーを飲みながら新聞を読む。

I read the newspaper while drinking coffee.

ながら links two simultaneous actions by the same person.

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