〜ついでに (~tsuide ni) — while you're at it
Using the trip you're already making to get one more thing done.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
It is handy for requests too: 「出かけるついでに、これも買ってきて」.
Meaning
- When you are already doing one thing and take the chance to do another, use 「〜ついでに」: 「買い物のついでに、郵便局に寄った」= while I was out shopping, I dropped by the post office.
- The first action is the main one; the second just rides along.
How to attach
It attaches to a dictionary- or た-form verb, and to nouns with の.
Watch out
It does not work if both tasks matter equally.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
買い物のついでに、郵便局に寄った。
かいもののついでに、ゆうびんきょくによった。
While I was out shopping, I dropped by the post office.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 買い物 is a noun → attach の → put ついでに → the second thing, 'done while I had the chance', comes after.
出かけるついでに、これも買ってきて。
でかけるついでに、これもかってきて。
While you're heading out, grab this too.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 出かける is the plain form → attach ついでに straight to it → a request comes after.
そうじをしたついでに、まどもふいた。
While I was cleaning, I wiped the windows too.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) する → た-form した → attach ついでに to it → the first task was done, and the second one got done on the same occasion.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「銀行へ行く＿、本屋にも寄ろう。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: One more task on the same trip.
〜ついでに = doing something else on the same occasion.
When does 「〜ついでに」not work?
💡 Hint: One has to be the main one.
It fails when both tasks matter equally.
Which form goes with a noun?
💡 Hint: 「買い物＿ついでに」
Noun + の + ついでに.
Your score: /3