GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

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TRACK 9 · 9-3

~始める / ~終わる: Start & Finish an Action

Attach 始める and 終わる to verb stems to describe beginning and completing actions.

30 min
Before you begin
  • ます-stem recognition.
Why this matters

Useful for work and study status: started testing, finished reading, began investigating.

1. Remove ます, then attach 始める or 終わる

読みます→読み始める / 読み終わる. 調べます→調べ始める / 調べ終わる.

Verb stem + phase verb
読みます読み読み始める読み終わる
調べます調べ調べ始める調べ終わる
テストしますテストしテストし始めるテストし終わる