"tokoro" with verbs in japanese?

Question

hey guys, i keep seeing something "[verb] tokoro desu" in the rosetta stone japanese version, but i have little idea what it means, other than it can be used as a future tense, but it seems it can be used as all tenses! help me out- whats this construction? thanks

Answer 1

u try reading this site:

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/genericnoun.html



Really , "tokoro" have may usages and the meanings of it also depend on the sentence...

-but to verb:





+verb("ta" form) +tokoro (indicates that something has just happen)

ex:

kaigi wa ima hajimatta tokoro desu =the meeting has just now begun .



+verb(dictionary form)+ tokoro(indicates that something is on the point of happening)

ex:

ima, watashi wa dekakeru tokoro desu =Im just about to go out now.

Answer 2

not only for future tense as you already know :)

tokoro = just, as, when, just about to do something..etc



ex

she has just left the office.

=kanojo wa ima kaisha wo deta tokoro desu.



i saw him as he was coming out of the house.

=kare ga ie kara dete kuru tokoro wo mita.



ill call you when ive finished the work.

=sigoto ga owatta tokoro de denwa shimasu.

Answer 3

There are many different conjugations for verbs in Japanese and these differ for the three different verb classes. Class II is the simplest. Drop 'ru' at the end and add the appropriate ending. Some common endings: plain negative form - nai polite affirmative form - masu polite volitional form - mashou desire form - tai command form - ro plain volitional form - you

Answer 4

It could be a variety of things; we need more information to answer you.



For example, it could be 「気になるところ」or 「こんなところ」. There are a lot of options.



Ask the question again with more information.