Sept. 22, 2024
For those who understand Japanese, please!
Today, I would like to ask you some questions about the use of present participles of verbs. I know that participles function as adjectives in some cases and adverbs in other cases. Here are some examples to explain.
1: Bedtime is a relaxing time for me.
2: I enjoy spending time relaxing in bed
I think that in the sentence 1, “relaxing” is used as an adjective while “relaxing” in the sentence 2 is used as an adverb. Is this right? If so, how about the next sentence 3?
3: I am busy working from home.
In this case, can “working” be considered an adverb?
Likewise, I will analyze the next pair of sentences.
4: I received an email regarding tomorrow’s meeting.
5: Regarding tomorrow’s meeting, we need to prepare more.
“Regarding” in the senetcne1 functions as an adjective and the one in the sentence 2 functions as an adverb. Is this true?
The problem is the following sentence.
6: I took some photos of him cooking in the kitchen.
Who was cooking, him or me? I know it’s hard for me to take photos while cooking, but it is not impossible. To avoid this uncertainty, can I paraphrase it as follows?
“I took some photos of him who were cooking in the kitchen.”
Next question is about how to translate the following sentence into Japanese.
7: Loving him, she doesn’t mind taking care of him.
One option is 「彼女は彼を愛しているので、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
The other is 「彼を愛している彼女は、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
Could you tell me which one is appropriate? Thank you in advance.
今日は、動詞の現在分詞の使い方についていくつか質問したいと思います。分詞は、場合によっては形容詞として、また場合によっては副詞として機能することは知っています。説明のためにいくつか例を挙げます。
1: 私にとって、就寝時間はリラックスできる時間です。
2: 私はベッドでリラックスして過ごすのが好きです
文 1 では、「relaxing」は形容詞として使われていますが、文 2 では「relaxing」は副詞として使われていると思います。これでいいでしょうか。そうであれば、次の文 3 はどうでしょうか。
3: 私は在宅勤務で忙しいです。
この場合、「working」は副詞とみなすことができますか。
同様に、次の 2 つの文を分析します。
4: 明日の会議に関するメールを受け取りました。
5: 明日の会議に関しては、さらに準備する必要があります。
文 4 の「regarding」は形容詞として機能し、文 5 の「regarding」は副詞として機能します。これは本当ですか？
問題は次の文です。
6: 私は彼がキッチンで料理をしている写真を何枚か撮りました。
料理をしていたのは彼ですか、それとも私ですか？ 料理をしながら写真を撮るのは難しいことはわかっていますが、不可能ではありません。 この不確実性を避けるために、次のように言い換えることができますか？
「私はキッチンで料理をしている彼の写真を何枚か撮りました。」
次の質問は、次の文を日本語に翻訳する方法についてです。
7: 彼女は彼を愛しているので、彼の世話をすることを気にしません。
1「彼女は彼を愛しているので、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
2 「彼を愛している彼女は、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
どちらが適切ですか、教えてください。お願いします。
ALSO POSSIBLE: Today, I would like to ask you some questions about the use of verbal present participles of verbs.
I know that participles function as adjectives in some cases and adverbs in other cases.
1: Bedtime is a relaxing time for me.
2: I enjoy spending time relaxing in bed
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I think that in the s
In Sentence 1, it seems “relaxing” is used as an adjective while “relaxing” in the sentence 2in Sentence 2 “relaxing” is used as an adverb.
Is this right?
OPTION A: If so, how about the next sentence?¶
OPTION A: If so, how about Sentence 3?
3: I am busy working from home.
In this case, can “working” be considered an adverb?
Likewise, I will analyze the next pair of sentences.
4: I received an email regarding tomorrow’s meeting.
5: Regarding tomorrow’s meeting, we need to prepare more.
“Regarding” in the senetcne1Sentence 4 functions as an adjective and the one in the s, while in Sentence 25 it functions as an adverb.
Is this truecorrect?
TConsider the problem isn the following sentence.
6: I took some photos of him cooking in the kitchen.
Who was cooking, him or me?Depending the way it is spoken, the subject can change. Reading quickly, my inference is that "he" was cooking.
I know it’s hard for meany person to take photos while cooking, but it is not impossible.
To avoid this uncertainty, can I paraphrase it as follows?
BETTER: “I took some photos of himmy friend who wereas cooking in the kitchen.”
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The next question is about how to translate the following sentence into Japanese.
MY TRANSLATION: キッチンで料理をしている友人の写真を撮った。
7: Loving him, she doesn’t mind taking care of him.
One option is 「彼女は彼を愛しているので、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
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The other is 「彼を愛している彼女は、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
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Could you tell me which one is appropriate?
2番目の翻訳は英語の翻訳に近いです。 /. COMMENT: The 2nd translation is closer to the English translation.
Sept. 23, 2024
丁寧な添削と説明に感謝いたします。現在分詞、よくわかりました。
For those who understand Japanese, please!
Today, I would like to ask you some questions about the use of present participles of verbs.
I know that participles function as adjectives in some cases and adverbs in other cases.
Here are some examples to explain.
1: Bedtime is a relaxing time for me.
2: I enjoy spending time relaxing in bed
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I think that in the sentence 1, “relaxing” is used as an adjective while “relaxing” in the sentence 2 is used as an adverb.
Is this right?
If so, how about the next sentence 3?
3: I am busy working from home.
In this case, can “working” be considered an adverb?
Likewise, I will analyze the next pair of sentences.
4: I received an email regarding tomorrow’s meeting.
5: Regarding tomorrow’s meeting, we need to prepare more.
“Regarding” in the senetcne1sentence 4 functions as an adjective and the one in the sentence 25 functions as an adverb.
Is this true?
The problem is the following sentence.
6: I took some photos of him cooking in the kitchen.
Who was cooking, him or me?
I know it’s hard for me to take photos while cooking, but it is not impossible.
To avoid this uncertainty, can I paraphrase it as follows?
“I took some photos of him, who wereas cooking in the kitchen.”
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The next question is about how to translate the following sentence into Japanese.
7: Loving him, she doesn’t mind taking care of him.
One option is 「彼女は彼を愛しているので、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
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The other is 「彼を愛している彼女は、彼の世話をすることは気にしません」
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Could you tell me which one is appropriate?
Thank you in advance.
Feedback
Your analysis of the present participle being an adjective or an adverb in sentences 1-5 is correct.
Sentence 6 is ambiguous as you point out.
Since you know Japanese better than me, I don't think I should tell you which Japanese option is better lol, but I will say that the second translation is more faithful to the syntactic structure, although both translations convey the same thing.
Sept. 23, 2024
添削と詳しい説明、ありがとうございました。おかげさまで、よくわかりました。
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