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から added to a sentence means "because." The explanation clause can be added
into the sentence using から: explanation + から. |
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explanation から, situation.
= situation,
because explanation
= explanation,
therefore, situation |
私は 朝ごはんを 食べません でした。
忙しかった です から。 |
I didn't have breakfast.
I was busy because. |
watashi-wa asagohan-o tabemasen deshita.
isogashi-katta desu kara. |
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あした しけん が
ある から、
わたし は こんばん べんきょうします。 |
I will study this evening,
because we will have an exam tomorrow.
(= We will have an exam tomorrow, therefore, I will study this evening.)
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ashita shiken ga aru kara,
watashi wa konban benkyoo-shimasu. |
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寒かった から、
出かけません でした。 |
We did not go out,
because it was cold.(= It was cold, therefore, I didn't
go out.) |
samu-katta kara,
dekakemasen deshita. |
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Long (polite) and short (informal) forms are
both used before kara.
(However, the long form before kara is
inappropriate when the entire sentence ends in a short
form). |
かぶき の
きっぷ が あります から、
いっしょに み に いきましょう。 |
Let's go see Kabuki. I have tickets. |
kabuki no kippu ga arimasu kara,
issho-ni mi ni ikimashoo. |
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