TAKOBOTO

Vm, despite while, although
while knowing that smoking is bad, I just keep doing it

わたしはそのくすりがきけんだとしりながらのみつづけていた。

While knowing that medicine is dangerous I continued to take it.

ににんはほほえみながらハリーをみつめるばかりだった。

They [the pair] just looking intently at Harry while smiling.

かくしゃはきょうきゅうかじょうなどのリスクもにらみながら、じぎょうてんかいをすすめることになる

While taking keenly into account the supply surplus risk, each company will be proceeding with the deployment of its business.

くる、くるといいながらこなかったじゃない。

Despite saying "I'll come, I'll come", you didn't show up, did you.

このそうじきは、こがたながらせいのうがいい。

Despite being compact, this vacuum cleaner works well.

こんしゅう、かぜをひいていながら、しごとへいった。

This week, despite having a cold, I went to work.

あきこさんはピアノをはじきながらうたいました。

Akiko sang while playing the piano.

うんてんしながらおんがくをききます

I listen to music while driving.

もりさんはおちゃをのみながらテレビをみています。

Mr. Mori is watching TV while drinking tea.

あるきながらはなしませんか。

Why don't we talk while walking?

おちゃおのみながらはなしましょう。

Let talk while drinking tea.

はなしをききながらメモしてください。

Please take notes while listening to the conversation.

うんてんしながらでんわをしないでください。

Please don't talk on the phone while driving.

ピアノをはじきながらうたえますか？

Are you able to sing while playing the piano?

かれははなしながらタバコをすっていた。

He was smoking as he talked.

ほんをよみながらねむってしまった。

While I was reading, I fell asleep.

わたしたちはしょくじをしながらそのもんだいをろんじた。

We discussed the matter over (our) dinner.

かれはパイプをくわえながらはなす。

He speaks with a pipe in his mouth.

かれはきんはありながらしあわせではない。

He is rich but not happy.

かのじょはびょうきでありながらがっこうへいった。

Though she was ill, she went to school.

いかんながらかのじょはじゅうしょうをおっておられるとしであげねばなりません。

I regret to tell you that she is seriously injured.

かのじょとはなれながら、こいがのこってある。

even part with her, love is still existing.

while "ながら" is a word used in speaking, ”つつ" is used in writing. if you know some other similar situations regarding other words listed on JGram, please post this kind of explanation, won't you.

beholder

ながら is used in both in speaking and in writing.

anon

ながら can only be used when the subject of the two actions is the same; use Vte-iru aida if there are two different people doing two things at the same time. Also, the action expressed by Vm nagara is always secondary to the action expressed in the main clause.

yookoso

Pls see also つつ

Miki

On a minor note, in Japanese '二人' this, that and the other is common usage while in English 'the pair' would generally sound odd - and 'They' be used in its place.

Amatuka

Formed from Verb -masu base + nagara.

Vm = Verb -masu base

Amatuka

So what?

bamboo4

The third example is an abstract taken from the Jap newspaper.......

drgon76

Should not ｰ?ﾟ､ﾄ_､ﾄ_､ｱ､ﾆ､､､ｿ｡｡be changed to ｰ?ﾟ_､ﾅ_､ｱ､ﾆ､､､ｿ｡ｩ

sorarobu

Ooops, sorry..

Should not "nomitsu_tsu_kete ita" be changed to "nomitsu_zu_kete ita"?

(Please delete the above mojibake)

sorarobu

I might be repeating it but..nice and short from my handbook:

Vconj + ながら "while doing~"

Vconj + nagara expresses simultaneous actions performed by one subject.

From my mouth:

Of the two verbs in a sentence, -nagara is added to the one in which you'd in English use -ing.

*Vconj = Verb, conjunctive-form.
Conjunctive form is the 2nd base (or as I always think it, the 'i' base) in the japanese syllabary chart. The base you use in -masu, -nasai, -sou da, -tai/tagara etc. (Can you tell I dislike the name 'masu-base'? :D)

Naino

ex #5814 had the incorrect form 性狽ｪいい。 Corrected this to a possible 性能がいい。

fugu68