JLPT 【N1 Grammar】〜が早いか（gahayaika）

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JLPT N1 grammar が早いか gahayaika

〜が早（はや）いか

「as soon as～」

JLPT N1 grammar が早いか gahayaika

Meaning

◉ as soon as～

◉ Used as a written language, but not in conversation.

◉ An expression that describes what happened in the past.

◉ A “will verb” is added after 「〜が早いか」, And it becomes unnatural if you use a natural phenomenon or the occurrence of a state.

Ex：

（X）北海道（ほっかいどう）に着（つ）くが早（はや）いか、雪（ゆき）が降（ふ）り出（だ）した。

→（X）As soon as I arrived in Hokkaido, it started to snow

Sentence Patterns

◉ Verb dict. form＋が早いか

Related Sentence

◉ ～たら、すぐ〜

Example Sentences

① 放課（ほうか）のベルが鳴（な）るが早（はや）いか、学生（がくせい）たちはすぐ教室（きょうしつ）を飛（と）び出（だ）して行（い）った。

houka no beruganaru gahayaika, gakusei-tachi wa sugu kyōshitsu o tobidashite itta

The students rushed out of the classroom as soon as the after school bell rang.