例文は過去進行形の文です。皆さんは進行形を学習するとき、どのように教わりましたか？

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English Translation

The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense?

Furigana

例文(れいぶん)は過去(かこ)進行形(しんこうがた)の文(ぶん)です。皆(みな)さんは進行形(しんこうがた)を学習(がくしゅう)するとき、どのように教(おそ)わりましたか？

Romanji

Reibun wa kako shinkōgata no bun desu. minasan wa shinkōgata o gakushūsuru toki, dono yō ni osowarimashita ka?

Words

例文 (れいぶん)

example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

過去 (かこ)

the past; bygone days; the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past; past (tense); preterit; preterite; previous life

進行形 (しんこうけい)

progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

文 (ぶん)

sentence; composition; text; writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

です (です)

be; is

皆さん (みなさん)

all; everyone; everybody

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

学習 (がくしゅう)

study; learning; tutorial

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

教わる (おそわる)

to be taught

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way