N3Pattern 12

〜ばかり

Formula:

N/V-て

Examples & key points

遊(あそ)んでばかりいないで、勉強(べんきょう)しなさい。

Asonde bakari inaide, benkyō shinasai.

Stop just playing and go study.

V-て plus ばかり is doing nothing but, and it scolds

日本(にっぽん)に来(き)たばかりです。

Nihon ni kita bakari desu.

I have only just arrived in Japan.

V-た plus ばかり means just did it — a different grammar from the て form

甘(あま)いものばかり食(た)べています。

Amai mono bakari tabete imasu.

I eat nothing but sweet things.

On a noun it means only that sort, and still judges

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