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N5 Grammar Course

Lesson 35: そろそろ～

Usage:

そろそろ + Verb/Sentence

Meaning:

「そろそろ〜」means “It’s time to do something”.

Example Sentences:

そろそろ時じ間かんだ。
It’s about time.

そろそろ寝ねるね。
It’s time to go to sleep.

そろそろ行いこうか？
Shall we go soon?

そろそろ戻もどる時じ間かんだ。
It’s about time we went back.

そろそろ話わ題だい変かえない？
I think it’s about time we change the subject.

そろそろ終おわりにしようか。
Shall we stop soon?

そろそろ学校がっこうに行いく時じ間かんです。
It’s about time you went to school.

君きみもそろそろ結婚けっこんしてもいい年頃としごろだね。
It’s about time you got married.

そろそろ彼女かのじょに真実しんじつを話はなしてもいい頃ころだ。
It’s time you told her the truth.

そろそろ失礼しつれいいたします。
It’s time to leave.

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6 thoughts on “Lesson 35: そろそろ～”

  1. Lena says:

    すみません　イソさん,
    Can I ask, your examples for below

    そろそろいきましょうか。

    It‘s time to go. ( Would this いきましょう か be a question asking do you want to go together? Or Would this sentence means It’s time to go together?

    そろそろ失礼（しつれい）いたします。

    It‘s time to leave. ( Would 失礼 be excuse me, just for my understanding, I thought the above would mean It’s time to leave, please excuse me? ) Please correct me if I’m wrong as I’m still learning.

    ありがとう
    リーナ

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      Marshall says:

      For the first question， you want to go to the park with Tom at 10 o’clock， and now it is nine thirty， so it is time to go right? So you say そろそろいきましょうか。 to Tom to remind Tom that it is time to go to the park. So that he can go with you together.
      For the second question, in Japanese, 失礼する has two meanings， one is “excuse me”， and the other is to leave. For example， you went to someone’s house， and now it is too late， so you want to go home， you can say to him or her そろそろ失礼（しつれい）いたします， so that he or she knows that you want to leave (usually it means that you want to go home).

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  2. RyenL39 says:

    そろそろ失礼いたします。

    What does the いた mean here?

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    1. Norbi says:

      It’s from いたす, the humble form of する.

      When talking about yourself, humbly, use いたします instead of します.

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      Marshall says:

      Correct!

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  3. Soul--Fist says:

    そろそろホテルにいきましょう！It is time to go to the hotel 🏩.
    そろそろこれを止めてみる。It is about time to stop.

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