Japanese ～しょうがない grammar shouganai
Let’s learn Japanese ～しょうがない grammar shouganai :
JLPT level : N3
Formation :
Vて＋しょうがない
Aくて＋しょうがない
Meaning and how to use :
Mean : “very, extremely”, “there is no otherway but …”.
For example
痛くて痛くて泣きたくてしょうがない。
Itaku te itaku te naki taku te shouga nai.
I’m hurt, I really want to cry.
悪い点を取って、悲しくてしょうがない。
warui ten o totte, kanashiku te shouga nai.
I got bad mark, so I was very sad
誰も仕事をやらなかったら、自分でしてしょうがない。
dare mo shigoto o yara nakattara, jibun deshi te shouga nai.
Doing the work by myself is the only way If everyone else refuses to work .
階段から転んでけがをしてしまった。でも痛くても我慢してしょうがない。
kaidan kara koron de kega o shi te shimatta. De mo itaku te mo gaman shi te shouga nai.
I fell down from Staircase and got injury. Though it was hurt, i can only endure .
弟はいじめられても、何もできなくて、怒ってしょうがない。
otouto ha ijimerare te mo, nani mo deki naku te, okotte shouga nai.
My brother was being bullied, but I couldn’t do anything and was extremely angry
Note : しょうがない a contraction of しようがない, used in spoken language, informal converstions
Related structures :
～て仕方がない
～てたまらない
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