JLPT N3
〜かけだ / 〜きれない
On the table, there is a half-drank juice that my older brother was drinking yesterday.
📖 Explanation & Nuance
ENGLISH EXPLANATION
This grammar point, 「〜かけの」, is formed by attaching 「かけ」 to a verb stem. It describes a state where an action has been started but is not yet finished. It often implies that the item or action is left incomplete or half-done. For example: テーブルの上に、昨日兄が飲み**かけ**のジュースが置いてある。
JAPANESE EXPLANATION
動詞のます形について、その動作が途中で中断された状態を表します。まだ終わっていないことを示します。
📝 Example Sentence
テーブルの上(うえ)に、昨日(きのう)兄(あに)が飲(の)み「かけ」のジュースが置(お)いてある。
On the table, there is a half-drank juice that my older brother was drinking yesterday.
Practice Quiz
Verify your grammar strength for "〜かけだ / 〜きれない"
テーブルの上(うえ)に、昨日(きのう)兄(あに)が飲(の)み（ ）のジュースが置(お)いてある。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説 (JP): 動詞のます形について、その動作が途中で中断された状態を表します。まだ終わっていないことを示します。\n\nCommon Mistakes:\n❌ きれない: '〜きれない' means 'unable to finish completely due to its massive size or limits' (e.g. 'too much food to eat'). To simply describe a noun physically sitting there in a 'halfway done' state, attach '〜かけ' to the verb stem (nomi-kake).\n❌ つつある: '〜つつある' is a very formal expression for 'is slowly changing right now'. 'The juice is slowly drinking...'—Wait, the juice is alive?! haha\n❌ まま: 'まま' means 'left as is'. But you can't attach it directly to the masu-stem of a verb (飲みまま is grammatically incorrect). It has to be 飲んだまま!
Explanation (EN): This grammar point, 「〜かけの」, is formed by attaching 「かけ」 to a verb stem. It describes a state where an action has been started but is not yet finished. It often implies that the item or action is left incomplete or half-done. For example: テーブルの上に、昨日兄が飲み**かけ**のジュースが置いてある。\n\nCommon Mistakes:\n❌ きれない: '〜きれない' means 'unable to finish completely due to its massive size or limits' (e.g. 'too much food to eat'). To simply describe a noun physically sitting there in a 'halfway done' state, attach '〜かけ' to the verb stem (nomi-kake).\n❌ つつある: '〜つつある' is a very formal expression for 'is slowly changing right now'. 'The juice is slowly drinking...'—Wait, the juice is alive?! haha\n❌ まま: 'まま' means 'left as is'. But you can't attach it directly to the masu-stem of a verb (飲みまま is grammatically incorrect). It has to be 飲んだまま!
Explanation (EN): This grammar point, 「〜かけの」, is formed by attaching 「かけ」 to a verb stem. It describes a state where an action has been started but is not yet finished. It often implies that the item or action is left incomplete or half-done. For example: テーブルの上に、昨日兄が飲み**かけ**のジュースが置いてある。\n\nCommon Mistakes:\n❌ きれない: '〜きれない' means 'unable to finish completely due to its massive size or limits' (e.g. 'too much food to eat'). To simply describe a noun physically sitting there in a 'halfway done' state, attach '〜かけ' to the verb stem (nomi-kake).\n❌ つつある: '〜つつある' is a very formal expression for 'is slowly changing right now'. 'The juice is slowly drinking...'—Wait, the juice is alive?! haha\n❌ まま: 'まま' means 'left as is'. But you can't attach it directly to the masu-stem of a verb (飲みまま is grammatically incorrect). It has to be 飲んだまま!
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