Last kara thread I swear ^\^'

Hi guys. Me again with my final set of から sentences

1. せんしゅうはいそがしかったですか

2. きのう、がっこうにきましたか

3. こんしゅうのしゅまつ、でかけますか

4. らいねんもにほんごをべんきょうしますか

Answers:

1. はい。あるばいとがあるから、いしがしかったです。

2. いいえ。わたしはつかれたから、きのうがっこうにいきませんでした。

3. はい。あつかったから、でかけました。

4. はい。わたしはにほんごがすきだから、らいねんもにほんごをべんきょうします。


ありがとうございます！

1) is the only one where the tense doesn't match (also it's not いしがしかった , but I'm guessing a typo). You can also use just バイト instead of アルバイト

You can also drop the わたしは's out in this context. Otherwise, looking good!

Thank you

nekojita said:

1) is the only one where the tense doesn't match

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Does the tense HAVE to match here? What if he uses バイトがある simply to refer to an ongoing state of having a job? Putting the emphasis on a negative aspect of having a job?

Good question. Indeed, the tense of the reason clause doesn't always match with the one of the main clause.
When the reason clause expresses the future of the main clause (the order of the two events is "main --> reason"), the present form is used in the reason clause. For instance, 疲れるから、学校に行きませんでした and 疲れたから、学校に行きませんでした are different. In the former example sentence, the speaker was not tired yet at that time, but they thought they would become tired if they go to school, so they didn't. Whereas, in the latter case, they were already tired so they didn't go to school.
On the other hand, when the reason clause expresses a state, the meanings are the same between the past form and the present form (e.g. 暑いから出かけませんでした。 ＝ 暑かったから出かけませんでした。).

As for バイトがあるから忙しかった vs. バイトがあったから忙しかった, the meanings are almost the same, but the latter one would be more common. The former can be used for "I have to do part-time work in the future, so I was busy last week", but these kind of situation would be rare.

I think the most natural answer is バイトがあって忙しかった or バイトで忙しかった, by the way.