が早いか
が早いか
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gahayaikaTime, Situation
Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
Meaning
The moment A happens, B follows immediately: "as soon as A", "no sooner had A happened than B".
Conjugation
(A)VDict + が早いか
Examples
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今朝、バスの中で赤ちゃんが私の顔を見るが早いか泣き出した。
地震が起きるが早いか、生徒たちは机の下に隠れた。
映画が終わるが早いか、観客たちは出口へ駆け出した。
兄は家に帰るが早いか、ベッドに横になって寝てしまった。
弟は夕食を食べ終えるが早いか、ゲームを始めた。
終業のチャイムが鳴るが早いか、社員たちは席を立った。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 授業が終わったが早いか、教室を出た。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 授業が終わるが早いか、教室を出た。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: が早いか attaches to the dictionary form (Vる), not the past form (Vた), even though the whole event is in the past.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 家に着くが早いか、電話してください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 家に着くが早いか、ベッドに倒れた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The second clause must describe an actual event (usually past). Requests, commands, wishes and intentions cannot follow が早いか.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 彼女は起きるのが早いか、すぐ出かけた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 彼女は起きるが早いか、すぐ出かけた。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Do not insert の. The pattern is a fixed expression where 早い is not the ordinary adjective "early"; 起きるのが早い means "gets up early".
Key points
Used in a written or literary style to describe two actions or events that happen almost at the same time, often suddenly or unexpectedly. It attaches to the dictionary form only, and the second clause must be an actual event (usually past), not a request, command or wish. The subjects of A and B may differ. It is very close to や否や, which is slightly more formal; とたんに is similar but uses the た-form.
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