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Grammar detail: noun / verb て form + ばかり

noun / verb て form + ばかり  nothing but; only
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noun
verb て form
+
ばかり
means
only ~; always
おとうと
いつもばかなことばかりしている
My brother is always acting foolishly.
フレッドいつも
うそ
ばかり
っている

Fred is always telling lies.
じんせい
人生
いいことばかりない
Life is not all fun.
はじ
めて
ものばかりです
Everything is so new to me!
ちち
ものわす
物忘
してばかりいる
My father is always forgetting things.
その
いて
ばかりいた
He did nothing but cry.
かれ
わら
って
ばかりいる
He does nothing but laugh.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ダイ   テイ   デ   おとうと younger brother   
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うそ a lie   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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フ   ちち father   
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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ボウ   わすれる to forget   
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シ   ス   こ child   
キュウ   な to cry   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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