ruth~route 先輩 Joined 7 Oct 2004 Messages 93 Reaction score 1 9 Jun 2008 #1 三田さんはたった今帰ったところです。 For the above sentence, たった今 means "just now", and 帰ったところ means "just went back". Why is it that both of them have to be used in the sentence? Why not just 三田さんは帰ったところです ?
三田さんはたった今帰ったところです。 For the above sentence, たった今 means "just now", and 帰ったところ means "just went back". Why is it that both of them have to be used in the sentence? Why not just 三田さんは帰ったところです ?
Ashikaga もちもちした食感 Joined 19 Feb 2008 Messages 2,220 Reaction score 84 10 Jun 2008 #2 They wanted to emphasise JUST NOW.