GRAMMAR DETAIL
それから
Connects sentences to indicate the event that follows after the preceding one is completed.
Examples
朝ご飯を食べます。それから、学校へ行きます。
I eat breakfast. Then I go to school.
Words used
駅で切符を買った。それから電車に乗った。
I bought a ticket at the station. Then I boarded the train.
Words used
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: Put
それからbefore the next sentence to connect what follows the preceding event. - Basic usage:
駅で切符を買った。それから電車に乗った。gives the order of buying a ticket and then boarding the train.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Connecting within one sentence
切符を買ってから電車に乗るalso places ticket purchase first. Sentence-linkingそれからand verb-attachedてからdiffer in where they connect.
- Additional information
- It can also add information, as in
それから、牛乳も買います. It does not specify a precise temporal sequence in every context.
- It can also add information, as in