In your beginning stage of Japanese learning, I believed you had put a lot of time on the transformation between different formats of verbs such as “て形” “ます形” “受身形” etc. And I believe you would simply use the transformed verbs in a sentence without a second thought. Unfortunately, some transformed verbs cannot be directly used […]
Today I will introduce the last part of consciousness and unconsciousness verb by showing another tip. Sometimes we need to distinguish the appropriate situations when to use these two types of verb. Here are the basic rules. – When show the willing/opinion of the speaker “しよう”, “つもりだ”, “ことにする”, etc. When you want to express […]
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Today we will expansion regarding 意志動詞 and 無意志動詞. First, let’s go through a new situation where a consciousness verb is used as the unconsciousness one. – 明日から毎日泳ぐ。(I will keep swimming from tomorrow.) – 手紙を書こうかなあ。(I will write a letter.) “泳ぐ” and “書く” are consciousness verbs above. However, you will see how they are used as unconsciousness […]
I will introduce an interesting concept called consciousness & unconsciousness verb which you might not be aware yet. So what is it? Here is some explanation about it. Consciousness verb: the action from the “verb” which can be controlled by the person who conducts it. Unconsciousness verb: the action from the “verb” which cannot be […]
We have been learning the “授受表現” for a few weeks. Students should know that there is a kind of emotion about “offering a benefit to somebody” included in this structure. However, many students usually misunderstanding this “benefit”. Therefore, Today I will introduce some typical mistakes that students are liable to make. Wrong example 1: […]
This week I will introduce the expression about “receive (くれる/くださる)”. Let’s have a look at the structure first. Giver が/は + receiver に (etc.) + item + くれる/くださる Example: マリさんは私の妹に絵本をくれました。(Mary gave my sister a picture book.) If it is clear to identify the receiver, usually it is not necessary to mention the […]
Last week we have learned that you should use “さしあげる” instead of “あげる” when you give an item to someone superior such as your supervisor. However, it sounds like you are very pushy and it might end up making your supervisor uncomfortable. Therefore, instead of “さしあげる”, you could alter the sentence a bit as below. […]
As shown in the title, today I will talk about the give and take of an item. Similar to the action, there are two rules need to be born in mind. – the direction of the item going – who present the item あげる・くれる あげる: the item goes out from the speaker くれる: the […]
What I will introduce today is probably the most confusing part for most Japanese learner. It is called “授受(じゅじゅ)表現” or “give and receive”. As we all know, “あげる” means give, “もらう” means receive and “くれる” means give. In contrast, the conversion of “〜てあげる、〜てもらう、〜てくれる” is the form of giving and receive of action, and this is […]