もうすぐ〜
mou sugu~
JLPT N5 Neutral
Formation
もうすぐ + Verb (~ます form or 〜る form)
Express an action or event happening soon: 'soon', 'in a short while', 'almost'.
When to use
'Soon': an event is coming up (もうすぐ夏休み).
Explanation
The もうすぐ grammar point is used to express that an action or event is going to happen soon or is almost happening. It can be translated as 'soon', 'in a short while', or 'almost' in English. もうすぐ is usually followed by a verb or a noun indicating an event.
Example sentences
Close In Time (Soon / Right Away / A Moment Ago)
Corpus examples (60)
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You're going to be a mom soon.
大寒：１年で最も寒さが厳しくなる日ですが、春がもうすぐ間近に迫っているとも言えます。
Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.
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The pupils are looking forward to the forthcoming excursion.
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It will be dark soon.
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It will soon be dark.
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I am going to be fourteen.
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Soon it will be the first year anniversary of my father's passing.
われわれは先月この家に引っ越しました。もうすぐ落ちつくでしょう。
We moved into this house last month. We will settle down soon.
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It is going to rain very soon.
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It is going to rain soon.
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It's going to stop raining soon.
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There is an athletic meet soon.
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We will arrive at the destined station shortly.
先日私たちのところに、奥さんがもうすぐ子供を産むという男性からの電話があった。
The other day we had a telephone call from a man whose wife was going to have a baby.
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I've got a feeling that something is about to happen.
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Summer is coming soon!
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Summer is coming soon!
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Summer is coming soon!
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Soon it will be summer.
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School will soon be over for summer vacation.
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Summer vacation is near at hand.
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Soon there will be summer vacation.
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We will soon achieve our goal.
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Many kinds of flowers will come out soon.
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The flowers will soon blossom.