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- "しゅくだいはもうやりました。"
"しゅくだいはもうやりました。"
Translation:I already finished my homework.
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しまう for finished? I don't believe it's used very often that way outside of using it after the て form of a verb. I would say it's more common to hear おわった, した, or やった to express the completion of a noun based off of what I've heard and seen... but I could possibly be way off too.
that grammar can either mean "done on accident" or "done in its entirety, complete done" depending on context
そうね, I do find it funny that a verb conjugation exists to imply that something was done on accident though :P
In English when we use "already" we must use a "perfect tense" = I have already finished ... We use "I finished" with with a time reference!
Does this strictly have to be first-person? i wrote - "The homework is already finished" which was marked wrong, but i'm confused as to why it's not acceptable
Grammatically, やる ("to do something ") is transitive, so the subject would be the person/thing doing the action and the object would be the thing being done.
宿題はもうやりました。
"As for homework, (I) did (it) already."
In contrast, you could use an intransitive verb, like 終わる (to finish), which does not require a direct object. In this case, the subject is the thing that has been finished. There is no direct object and no actor is involved in the action. No one finished the homework, the homework is simply in a state of already being finished.
宿題はもう終わった。
"As for the homework, (it) is finished."
Subjects and objects can be dropped from the sentence in Japanese, but the verb tells you a lot about what is happening, even in their absence. Just because the subject is missing, that doesn't mean it has ceased to exist. An implied subject is still grammatically significant. As you get deeper into the language it will be increasingly important to understand not just what is being said, but what is being left unsaid (and why). Also, you will want to keep an eye out for transitive and intransitive verbs and verb pairs. They are a very significant part of basic Japanese grammar since the way you use particles will be different with a transitive verb compared with an intransitive verb.
Here is a brief guide to get you started:
Does where you put もう really matter? If i put it in front of しゅくだい it accepts it but suggests putting it in front of やり. Does it change the meaning somewhat or what's up with it?
