N4 Grammar Course

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N4 Grammar Course

～まま

Usage:

Past Tense Form of Verb + まま
Negative Form of Verb + まま
i-Adj + まま
na-Adj + な + まま
Noun + の + まま

Meaning:

「～まま」is used to express that the status remains unchanged.

Examples:

そのまま続つづけて。
Keep going.

彼かれは黙だまったままだった。
He remained silent.

二に週しゅう間かん暑あついままであった。
The weather stayed hot for two weeks.

彼女かのじょは一いっ生しょう独身どくしんのままだった。
She remained single all her life.

天てん気きはずっと悪わるいままだった。
The weather stayed bad.

彼かれはテレビをつけたまま寝ねてしまった。
He fell asleep with the TV on.

現げん状じょうが変かわらないままです。
The current situation remains unchanged.

料りょう理りを熱あついまま冷蔵れいぞう庫こに入いれないでください。
Don’t put food in the refrigerator while it’s still hot.

画が面めんが真まっ黒くろなままです。
The screen is still black.

ずっと学がく生せいのままでいたいです。
I want to be a student forever.
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3 thoughts on “～まま”

  1. chikelu says:

    I suppose you cannot replace it by 間に? And is it much different from っぱなし?

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    1. 4fecta says:

      How I see it, まま is leaving something as it is, while っぱなし is really only used for when something is left on or in use. So you may replace まま with っぱなし in the first example, but not for any of the rest. 間に is distinct from these two in that it is used in conjunction with another phrase to express that the latter happened while the former was happening. Hope this helps.

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  2. dosakun says:

    so i-adj can use both “i-Adj + まま” and “i-Adj + な + まま”?
    can i use na-adj for “na-Adj + な + まま”?

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