# 136 Learn Japanese【かける／かけます, かけの+Noun】half…, not yet finished, in the middle of… - N3 Grammar -

[@japanese2811]

Hi Masa-sensei 😊 My examples: 1. 私は寝かけるけど、赤ちゃんが泣きました。 I was about to sleep, but then my baby cried. 2. 会議にながら、社長は話すかけて、私のスマホが鳴きました。 During the meeting, my phone rang while the boss was talking. (This one seems wrong!) ありがとうございます！🙏

[@MasaSensei]

1. 私は寝かけたけど、赤ちゃんが泣きました。 I was about to sleep, but then my baby cried. 2. 会議のあいだ、社長は話しかけて、私のスマホが鳴きました。 During the meeting, my phone rang while the boss was talking. (This one seems wrong!) １．は過去形なので「寝かけたけど」です。 ２．During＋Nounのときは「～の間（あいだ）」です。

[@吳建國-h1x]

Easy for me to read it.わかりやすい

[@MasaSensei]

ありがとうございます！！

[@abhi6469]

Mam please keep making videos on n3 and thanks for your effort

[@MasaSensei]

Sure I will!!

[@バコロアアラディン]

The more i listen to your series of presentation i learned a lot . Thank you so much!

[@MasaSensei]

You're very welcome!

[@prrrmzzz8005]

nice grammar

[@MasaSensei]

thanks so much!!!

[@AtomskNoUta]

Really nice! Thank you.

[@MasaSensei]

My pleasure!

[@mushintatsu]

always perfect

[@MasaSensei]

Thank you for watching!!

[@nazmulhasanrana5596]

Your teaching is always marvelous!

[@MasaSensei]

Thank you! 😃

[@__-cd1nd]

Arigatou Masa Sensei ^^

[@MasaSensei]

Thank you for watching!!

[@バレットクラウス]

まさ先生、毎日、あなたのビデオは勉強しに見ています。またあなたのサジェストはHideaku Tokunagaの立派歌をです。この歌がとても好きです。ありがとうございます。屡々聴きます。

[@MasaSensei]

「最後の雨」ですか？：）

[@agilvemas5050]

Sensei, I still don't believe that you only have 32k subscribers..😩

[@MasaSensei]

So happy to hear that! Please let me know if you have any questions or requests!! and please share with your friends :)

[@joaki4893]

Sensei thank you so much for every lesson you teach! I appreciated it much! And I really love your smile! You have a beautiful smile sensei! ♥🥰

[@MasaSensei]

Thank you too!

[@kamilkollodi2060]

I was in the middle of doing the dishes, when my friend called me. お皿を洗いかけて、友達に電話した。

[@MasaSensei]

お皿を洗いかけて、友達に電話した。 ⇒お皿を洗いかけて、友達から電話がかかってきました。

[@wiraadi7927]

Kowarekake no radio - radio in the middle of being broken?

[@MasaSensei]

it means half broken radio!!

[@শুভব্রতা-ধ৬ড]

彼が好きだと言う 彼に好きだと言う Which one is appropriate

[@MasaSensei]

彼が好きだと言う (かれがすきだという) This sentence means "I say that I like him." Here, the focus is on the act of saying that you like him. The subject "I" is implied. 彼に好きだと言う (かれにすきだという) This sentence means "I tell him that I like him." In this case, the focus is on telling him directly that you like him. The subject "I" is implied, and "彼に" (to him) indicates the direction of the speech. Contextual Usage Use 彼が好きだと言う when you are reporting to someone else that you like him. Use 彼に好きだと言う when you are expressing your feelings directly to him. Choosing the appropriate sentence depends on what you want to convey. If you are talking about your feelings to a third person, go with the first. If you are talking about confessing your feelings directly to him, go with the second.

[@renejr.gallega5987]

この文法は日常会話で使えますか？

[@MasaSensei]

使えますよ！(#^.^#)

[@SteffiPPlana]

Good evening po Masa 先生、 What's the difference between 朝ごはんを食べるところ and 朝ごはんを食べかける? Thankyou so much :)

[@MasaSensei]

There is a small difference in here! Dictionary form + ところです just means "about to do..." and it comes at the end of the sentence. Stem + かける implies the idea that the action had barely begun and then stopped by something. So, you need to add what stopped the action. For example, 朝ごはんを食べかけて、電話が鳴（な）った。 朝ごはんを食べかけたけど、トイレに行きたくなった。

[@maquinadotempo9278]

(1) このジュースはまだ飲みかけです (2) 書きかけの小説を今日中に書いちゃおう (can i replace 今日中with other time words? (3) 俺は友達と遊びかけて、急にお母さんに呼ばれた (4) 勉強するの文法を選びかけたけど、やっぱり選ぶのをやめました (5) 悲しい映画を見ながら泣いていたので、誰かが私を泣いているのを見かけた (6) びっくりしすぎて、ブレイしてたゲームに負けかけた

[@MasaSensei]

(1) このジュースはまだ飲みかけです ⇒Ok！ (2) 書きかけの小説を今日中に書いちゃおう (can i replace 今日中with other time words? ⇒Ok！ 今日中 is by end of today. We can also say 今日のうちに！ (3) 俺は友達と遊びかけて、急にお母さんに呼ばれた ⇒Ok！ (4) 勉強するの文法を選びかけたけど、やっぱり選ぶのをやめました ⇒Ok！ (5) 悲しい映画を見ながら泣いていたので、誰かが私を泣いているのを見かけた ⇒「みかけます」is a verb which means " to see someone (but she/he does not know that I saw her/him). So this is different! (6) びっくりしすぎて、ブレイしてたゲームに負けかけた ⇒Ok！