other N4 common casualpolitewritten
ままで — in the state of ~
ままで
Builds on まま
Meaning
- in the state of ~ / while still ~ — まま with で marking the state an action happens in
Key sentence
靴を履いたままで、家に上がらないでください。
Please don't come into the house with your shoes still on.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Just まま + で; in most sentences the で can be dropped with no change in meaning. Refer to まま.
See ままで in real sentences
Jengo shows ままで the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.