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Episode 55 - "Dictionary Form" + mae ni (how to say "before doing" in Japanese)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fisUab1JTSE&t=68s  ★"Dictionary Form" + mae ni★

まえに (mae ni) means “before” and “in front of”.  To express that something happens before something else, we should use the dictionary form of a verb followed by まえに (mae ni)

Verbs: Verb (Dictionary Form) + まえに (mae ni)

Nouns: Noun + の + まえに (mae ni)

Speak 話す (hanasu) 話します

Write 書く (kaku) 書きます

Swim 泳ぐ (oyogu) 泳ぎます

Read 読む (yomu) 読みます

Play 遊ぶ (asobu) 遊びます

Rise 立つ (OKtsu) 立ちます

Die 死ぬ (shinaked) 死にます

Sing 歌う (utau) 歌います

にほんへいくまえににほんごをべんきょうしました。

nihon e iku mae ni nihongo o benkyou shimashita.

(I studied Japanese before coming to Japan.)

かのじょはしけんのまえにえいがをみにいきました。

kanojo wa shiken no mae ni eiga o mini ikimashita.

(Before the exam, she went to watch a movie.)

ねるまえにおんがくをききましょう。

neru maeni ongaku o kikimashou

Let's listen to musik before going to bed.

てれびをみるまえにべんきょうしてください。

terebi o miru maeni benkyou shitekudasai

Please study before watching TV.

でんしゃにのるまえにきっぷをかってもいいですか?

densha ni noru maeni kippu o kattemo iidesuka?

May I buy a ticket before taking a train?

おおさかにひっこしするまえにとうきょうにすんでいました。

Oosaka ni hikkoshisuru maeni, Tokyo ni sunde imashita.

I lived in Tokyou before moving to Osaka.

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