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Grammar detail: たところ（です/だ)

たところ（です/だ)
just finished doing~
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verb plain past
+
ところ (です)
means
just finished doing~; have just ~
This expression is used to describe that X has just finished doing Y, or that Y has just occurred. です or だ can be used at the end of this expression, but in casual exchanges they are often omitted.
わたし
私
は
いま
今
ちょうしょく
朝食
をとったところです。
I've just eaten breakfast.
ちょうど
てがみ
手紙
を
か
書
き
お
終
えたところです。
I've just finished writing a letter.
いま
今
せいしき
正式
な
なまえ
名前
が
かくにん
確認
できたところ。
I've just been able to confirm the official name.
わたし
私
は
いま
今
はじ
始
めたところです。
I'm just beginning.
かれ
彼
はたった
いま
今
がいしゅつ
外出
したところです。
I'm afraid he's just gone out.
でんしゃ
電車
は
ちょうど
丁度
で
出
たところだ。
The train has just left.
Take care not to confuse this expression with verb plain + ところ, which means "just about to do..."
〜ところ 〜ところ
 
just (about to / almost)
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Kanji used in this grammar

私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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朝
チョウ   あさ morning   
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食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
紙
シ   かみ paper   
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書
ショ   かく to write   
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終
シュウ   end   おわる to come to an end   おえる to bring to an end   
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正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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式
シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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名
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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前
ゼン   まえ before   
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確
カク   たしか certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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認
ニン   みとめる to recognize, to perceive, to approve of   
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始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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外
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はずす to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
電
デン    electricity   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
度
ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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