か〜かのうちに・か〜かの内に - Grammar Discussion

Grammar Points
#1

right after
as soon as
just when

Structure

  • Verb1[る・た] + か + Verb1[ない]+ かのうちに

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#2

削除される か されない かのうちに 、自ら手を引た方がいい。

Do you think 身を引た方がいい sounds more natural here? I thought the former was more of an escape from meaning while the later is a retire from meaning. Of course the context is unknown here.

#3

Hey @s1212z !

Since this sentence does not have any context, 手を引た方がいい is perfectly fine!

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#4

Hi.
In the following example sentence 彼女かのじょは車くるまが止とまるか止とまらないかのうちに、ドアを開あけて駅えきへと走はしっていった。I don’t understand why there is a とin 駅へと.

#5

へと is similar to へ by itself, but emphasises a bit more that it’s about a direction.

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#6

Ok thank you. I may have never encountered this particles’ combination or it’s the first time I noticed it.

#7

regarding this example sentence in the lesson :
就活を初めて１週間経つか経たないかのうちに、仕事が見つかった。
In just a week of looking for a new job, I found a job.

confused by this, shouldn’t it be 経つか経たなかったかのうちに ？
is this a mistake or does this grammar form require ない absolutely and skip the verb inflection ?