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Connecting Sentences (Day 67) – Japanese from 0 to 100

2026-06-07100-Day Kind Japanese ChallengeKind Japanese

🌏 Japanese from 0 to 100 — Day 67

Connecting Sentences (文をつなぐ)


🧠 Why Connect Sentences?

Connecting sentences makes your speech natural.

👉 Instead of short sentences → longer, smoother Japanese


🔤 Basic Ways to Connect

Pattern

Meaning

て form

and / then

から

because

けど

but

👉 You already learned these


🔊 Key Point

• Combine ideas into one sentence
• Avoid stopping after every word

👉 More natural flow


✍️ How to Use

① て form (and)

Sentence

Meaning

たべて のむ

eat and drink

いって かえる

go and return


② から (because)

Sentence

Meaning

あつい から のむ

drink because hot


③ けど (but)

Sentence

Meaning

いきたい けど いけない

want to go but can’t


📝 Example Sentences

  • みず を のんで ねる。
    = drink water and sleep
  • いそがしい から いかない。
    = don’t go because busy
  • おいしい けど たかい。
    = tasty but expensive

👉 Practice speaking


❌ Common Mistakes

• Not connecting sentences
• Using wrong form
• Overusing short sentences

👉 Try combining


📚 Learn Faster

• Take 2 sentences → combine
• Practice daily
• Say out loud
• Repeat often

👉 Flow = natural speech


🎯 Practice

👉 たべる + のむ
👉 いきたい + いけない

Make 3 connected sentences


🧪 Mini Quiz

① Choose

No.

Sentence

Answer

1

たべて ___ のむ

?

2

あつい ___ のむ

?

3

いきたい ___ いけない

?


② Meaning

No.

Sentence

Answer

4

たべて のむ

?

5

あつい から のむ

?

6

いきたい けど いけない

?


③ Translate

No.

English

Answer

7

eat and drink

?

8

drink because hot

?

9

want to go but can’t

?


📝 Answers

No.

Answer

1

(none)

2

から

3

けど

4

eat and drink

5

drink because hot

6

want to go but can’t

7

たべて のむ

8

あつい から のむ

9

いきたい けど いけない


🚀 Next Step

👉 Day 68: Common Mistakes