Episode 109 - How to use "chatta/chau" and "jyatta/jyau" (completion of an action, feeling of regret)

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- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hchBC1pvy4w&t=231s ========================================================== 【て+しまいます】 (1) It expresses completion of an action, emphasizing that the action in continuation has completed. (2) It expresses feeling of regret, or the feeling that "I am in trouble/regretting". This is the more casual version, which instead uses a verb’s stem form: ちゃう/ちゃいます = to do by accident / to finish (casual) ちゃった/ちゃいました = did by accident / finished (casual) If the verb’s dictionary form ends with ぶ (bu) , む (mu) , ぬ (nu) or ぐ (gu), it becomes じゃう (jau) or じゃった (jatta). じゃう・じゃいます = to do by accident / to finish (casual) じゃった ・じゃいました= did by accident / finished (casual) パスポートをなくしちゃった。 I lost my passport. 時計(とけい)が壊(こわ)れちゃった。 The clock has been broken. 兄(あに)はケーキを食(た)べちゃった。 My brother ate the cake. 急(いそ)いで来(き)たから財布(さいふ)を忘(わす)れちゃった。 I left in a hurry so I forgot my wallet. ごめん!ジュースを全部(ぜんぶ)飲(の)んじゃった! Sorry, I drank all the juice! 昨日(きのう)うちの猫(ねこ)が死(し)んじゃった。 Yesterday, my cat died. 明日(あした)までに宿題(しゅくだい)をしちゃう。 I will finish my homework by tomorrow. =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? Follow my Instagram!! Follow my Facebook!! ===============================================