~たばかり (have just done)

• Other meanings: just finished; something just occurred
• Can be used to convey something just ended, something just started, etc.
• The important thing to remember is that this structure conveys that not much time has passed since action V was done.

Conjugation

You only use the past tense of the verb, as the action has already happened.

• When using ばかりのＮ, you are describing a situation or place or other noun where you just began doing ~.
• For example: 日本語を習い始めたばかりの頃 means “the time when I just began learning Japanese.”
  • If you got rid of the の頃, the meaning would change to “I just began learning Japanese.”

Examples

日本語を習い始めたばかりの頃は、簡単なあいさつさえできなかった。

When I first started learning Japanese, I couldn’t even do a simple greeting.

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今、始まったばかりです。

It just started now.

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