🌸 Japanese Topic 105中級🌻 Intermediate

〜たり〜たりします

...tari ...tari shimasu

Doing things like A and B.

🌸 Listing Representative Actions 🌸

💬 Dialogue

🌸 Listing Actions 🌸

ケン：週末は何をしましたか。

Shuumatsu wa nani o shimashita ka.

What did you do on the weekend?

サキ：本を読んだり、映画を見たりしました。

Hon o yondari, eiga o mitari shimashita.

I did things like reading books and watching movies.

ケン：いいですね。リラックスできましたか。

Ii desu ne. Rirakkusu dekimashita ka.

That's nice. Were you able to relax?

サキ：はい。掃除をしたり、洗濯をしたりもしましたよ。

Hai. Souji o shitari, sentaku o shitari mo shimashita yo.

Yes. I also did things like cleaning and laundry.

ケン：忙しかったですね。私は買い物をしたりしました。

Isogashikatta desu ne. Watashi wa kaimono o shitari shimashita.

You were busy! I did things like shopping.

サキ：冬休みはスキーをしたり、温泉に入ったりしたいですね。

Fuyuyasumi wa sukii o shitari, onsen ni haittari shitai desu ne.

In winter break, I want to do things like skiing and going to hot springs.

📖 Vocabulary

5 words

KanaRomajiEnglish

ほんをよむhon o yomuto read a book

えいがをみるeiga o miruto watch a movie

そうじするsouji suruto clean

せんたくするsentaku suruto do laundry

おんせんにはいるonsen ni hairuto enter a hot spring

⭐ Key Sentence

V1-たり、V2-たりします。

V1-tari, V2-tari shimasu.

Doing things like V1 and V2.

Pattern: 〜たり〜たりします
Meaning: Listing multiple actions as examples.

音楽を聞いたり、踊ったりします。

Ongaku o kikutari, odortari shimasu.

I do things like listening to music and dancing.

果物を買ったり、お菓子を食べたりしました。

Kudamono o kattari, okashi o tabetari shimashita.

I did things like buying fruit and eating sweets.

🎓 Explanation

The 「〜たり〜たりします」 structure is used to list a few representative actions out of many.

To form this, use the Ta-form of the verb and add り. The final します determines the tense of the entire sentence.

Unlike using て-form, which implies a chronological order, 〜たり suggests that these are just examples and other things might have happened too.

Terebi o mitari, geemu o shitari shimasu.
= 'I do things like watching TV and playing games.'

📝 Quiz