~ながら

ACTION 1 (verb stem) | ながら | ACTION 2

• simultaneous actions that ONE person is doing.
  • ie you cannot use ~ながら for “while person A does this, person B does this” IT DOES NOT WORK
• ながら is usually added on the less important verb.
  • eg While I study I listen to music vs I study while I listen to music
    • music in this context is more important, as the sentence is about what I do while studying.
    • so it translates to 勉強しながら、おんがくを聞きます。