Japatan
접속
- Vます形 + 始める
- Vます形 + 終わる
- Vます形 + 続ける
해설
Attach 始める, 終わる, or 続ける to the masu-stem to show that an action starts, finishes, or continues. 〜始める also works for non-human events, like rain starting to fall. 〜終わる is used with actions that have a clear end, such as reading, writing, or eating. The compound verbs conjugate like their last part: 始める and 続ける are ru-verbs, 終わる is an u-verb.
예문
雨が降り始めました。傘を持って行きましょう。
It has started to rain. Let's take an umbrella.
図書館で借りた本を、昨日読み終わりました。
I finished reading the book I borrowed from the library yesterday.
父は三十年、同じ会社で働き続けています。
My father has kept working at the same company for thirty years.
食べ終わったら、お皿を洗ってください。
When you finish eating, please wash the dishes.
주의
Normally you do not say 〜始まる (×読み始まる). Use 始める, even for things like rain.
관련 문법
미니 퀴즈
1日本語を勉強し（ ）のは、三年前です。
정답과 해설
정답: 3 始めた
After the masu-stem, use 始める (not 始まる). It happened three years ago, so the past 始めた is correct. "It was three years ago that I started studying Japanese."
2レポートを（ ）から、寝ます。
정답과 해설
정답: 2 書き終わって
終わる attaches to the masu-stem: 書き終わる, and with てから it becomes 書き終わってから. "I'll go to bed after I finish writing my report."
3朝から夜まで、十時間も（ ）。
정답과 해설
정답: 4 歩き続けました
From morning to night and for ten hours show the action continued, so 歩き続けました fits. 続ける attaches to the masu-stem, not the te-form. "I kept walking for ten hours, from morning to night."
