Japanese Grammar bakari

"BAKARI", by itself, means, just, or only. If we were to say, "Japanese Grammar bakari",we'd be saying, "Only Japanese grammar...?..., that's all, just Japanese Grammar? nothing else?

If a noun is followed by the word bakari you can usually translate it as meaning "only noun".

Examples of Noun bakari or only noun

1. Net* ,BAKARI - Nothing but net
2. AISU KURIMU BAKARI - Nothing but Ice Cream

When a verb is put into it's base TA past tense form you can construct sentences that mean you just verbed. Use the following construction to say that you just verb-ed.

Verb (base TA) BAKARI = I just verb-ed

Verb (base TA) bakari desu - to have just 'verb-ed' with the polite ending desu.

First, try putting some Japanese verbs into base TA for preliminary practice for the construction

iku (v. to go)--> itta (went)
dasu (v. to send)--> dashita (sent)
suru (v. to do) --> shita (did)
kuru ( v. to come)--> kita (came)
umu (v. to give birth) --> unda (gave birth)
deru (v. to leave)--> detta (left)
tatsu (v. to stand) --> tatta (stood)
abiru (v. to bask, be flooded with)--> abita
suwaru (v. to sit)--> suwatta (sat)
umareru ( to be born)--> umareta (was born)
etc.

Finish your constructions by adding the polite sentence ending desu to bakari (just).

Verb (base TA) bakari desu - to just verb

ex.1 suwatta bakari desu. I just sat down.

ex.2 deta bakari da! He just left. (not as polite)

ex.3. umareta bakari desu.

As Always,
Ganbatte Ne!
Do Your Best!

Makurasuki

*I have intermixed English and Japanese here above. Please note that net in Japanese is Netto and Japanese Grammar would be nihongo no bunpo.