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 […]
Except for the prohibition, “ないでください” can also be used as a form of request. However, you would find that the structure is exactly same with we have learned before which probably makes you confused. Thus, practice is necessary to distinguish the difference. Let’s have a look at the following examples. A: コーヒーでも飲みませんか。(Would you want some […]
Last week we have learned the basic form of “ないでください” and the nuance under different circumstances. Today I will introduce the ways of response for such nuance respectively. First, let’s have a brief review. Imagine that you are in a museum. You have been told that do not touch the articles. – すみませんが、この会場では品物に触らないでください。 […]
I believe some of you have already learned “〜てください” which means “please…(do something)”. Conversely, if you want to ask people not to do something, you could use “〜ないでください” which is we are going to learn today. Basically, “〜ないでください” has two different meanings: instruction and attention. Let’s go through some examples. 1. Instruction – […]
We have been learning the structure of “verb + てもいいです” for a couple of weeks. In fact, except this form, we can also have the structure of “い形・な形・名詞 + てもいいです”. Let’s have a look at the following examples. 1. アパートは、家賃が安ければ、狭くてもいいです。(As long as the rent is cheap, I am fine even the apartment is small.) […]