While A, B; Although A (is being done), B
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悪いと思いつつも今日も寝坊をした。
Although I feel it's bad/wrong, I overslept again today.
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いけないと思いつつもお菓子をたくさん食べた。
Despite thinking that it's wrong, I ate a lot of candy.
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勇気を出して真実を言おうと思いつつもうそをついてしまった。
Even though I plucked up the courage and was going to tell the truth, I ended up lying.


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This is the written form of ~ながら
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Where this grammar is found
新完全マスター文法 N2: 02課・~している(進行中)
新完全マスター文法 N2: 14課・~けれど
Nihongo So-Matome N2 (日本語総まとめ): 第4週 4日目
JLPT N2 / Advanced: Verb Suffixes ④
新完全マスター文法 N2: 14課・~けれど
Nihongo So-Matome N2 (日本語総まとめ): 第4週 4日目
JLPT N2 / Advanced: Verb Suffixes ④
User notes
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1. つつ expresses concurrent action by the same person. (so does ながら; to express concurrent actions by different people, use 間 あいだ).
2. つつ is not used to describe everyday actions like eating, drinking, watching TV.
3. つつ is only ever attached to V stem.
4. ながら can be preceded by V stem, as well as adjectives, nouns, V て い, V ない [see ながら(も)].
2. つつ is not used to describe everyday actions like eating, drinking, watching TV.
3. つつ is only ever attached to V stem.
4. ながら can be preceded by V stem, as well as adjectives, nouns, V て い, V ない [see ながら(も)].
7 years ago

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つつ meaning of "although" is that of English "while" in terms of contradiction (while knowing the rules, he broke them anyway).
9 years ago

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つつ is simillar to ながら in terms of meaning but while ながら can have two subjects in one sentence (eg. while A did this, B did this), つつ can only have one subject, doing a couple of actions.
9 years ago

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Years Studied: 1年
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7 years ago (Edited 7 years ago.)
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Level: 111, 好 : 6,656
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