Meaning
Adds the meaning of completing an action to a verb stem.
Formation
- Drop ます and add 終わる: 読みます → 読み終わる
When to use it
- Core use
- Finish doing
Example
宿題を書き終わりました
I finished writing my homework.
Important notes
- Pay attention to the word form before the construction and to the particles around it.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate the pattern word for word; first identify its function in the whole situation.