Mina-san, Do you think this poor guy will ever get his kids to read?

Hi B. Fowler,

Thank you for your question! Yes, both “育てる” and “起こす” can be translated as “raise” in English. Although, “育てる” “raise” is used as raising a child like you mentioned, and “起こす” “raise” like help someone get up after falling. Also, “起こす” can be used as “wake (someone) up” too. Hope this answers your question.👍

** 教えてもらっても良いですか？

** どうもおーきに！

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Cheers,

Yoshimi

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Isn't 育てる also used to mean "raise" like raising a child?

起こすと育てるの意味合いは何ですか？教えてもらってもう良いですか？

どうもおーきん！

Linneaさん

こんにちは！

質問ありがとうございます😊

Yes, 〜ておく is used for an action to be done in advance for some special purpose.

And it can be also used to express temporary leaving something or someone as it is without any special purpose.

That sentence is the case and 好きなだけゲームで遊ばせておく means "let them play games all they want."

Please let us know if you have any further questions:)

Sincerely,

Miho

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Hello!

In this sentence: 普段、好きなだけゲームで遊ばせておいて、急に「本を読みなさい」と言っても無理です。

I don't understand why ておく is used in this sentence. Why would one let someone play game in advance for a future action?

R.Hさん、こんにちは！

コメントどうもありがとうございます😊

鋭い質問ばかりですね。

１）その通りです。

　「〜になれということ」が話し言葉では「〜になれっていうこと」、

　 さらにもっとカジュアルな言い方では「〜になれってこと」になります。

２）この場合の「うち」は、場所を表すhouseの意味ではなく、familyの意味で使われています。

　「うち」という言葉は、本当にいろいろな使われ方をしますね。

３）「なんて」は、"something like" の意味ですが、話す人のnegativeな気持ちを表しています。

　「なんて」の前の「うちは、親が⼆⼈ともゲーム好き」なことが、よくないということですね。

　 こちらのレッスンも参考にしてみてください。

　 https://www.japanesepod101.com/lesson/upper-intermediate-lesson-17-karoshi-working-to-death-1/

Thank you very much for learning Japanese with us:)

Sincerely,

Miho

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こんにちは！

三つの質問をさせて頂きます。

１）「⼦どものお⼿本になれってことね。」の「って」は、「という」の話し言葉でしょうか？

しかし、「って」は「と」の話し言葉として使われたこともありますでしょうか。

こうなると、

「ということ」＝「っていうこと」

「ということ」＝「ってこと」

「っていうこと」と「ってこと」は同じ意味になるんではないでしょうか？

２）「うちは、親が⼆⼈ともゲーム好きなんて、最悪だわ。」の「うちは」は、なぜ「うちでは」ではないでしょうか？

「場所＋では」（e.g.日本では）という表現をよく見ますので、ちょっと気になります。

３）「うちは、親が⼆⼈ともゲーム好きなんて、最悪だわ。」の「なんて」は、どういう意味でしょうか？

以上です。

ありがとうございます！

Luise さん、

こんにちは。:smile:

I'm sorry for the late reply...:disappointed:

親御 is a respectful word to refer to someone else's parent(s),

so you shouldn't say 私の親御 because it means you're using respectful word

to your own family when you're speaking to out-of-family person

and that is not correct in Japanese. If you refer to your parent(s), it's 私の親.

Also, this word is not used without the form of address like さん.

Parent in this case does not have to be both parents.

両親 literally means 'both parents' and there is no respect included in this word itself,

so you can refer to your parents by 私の両親, but when you refer to someone else's,

you might want to pay respect and say ご両親.

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

こんにちは。

"私の両親"と"私の親御"とか"あなたのご両親"と"あなたの親御さん"はどう違いますか？どちらはよく使われますか？

教えて下さい、ありがとうございます！

Andy` san,

こんにちは。

そうですか。良かったです。:smile:

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

はいわかりました。

Andy` さん

こんにちは。

わかりました。

Please note the corrections below.

親は勉強とゲームを均等にするほうがいいと思います。

I think parents should find an equilibrium between studying and games.

僕は日本で話したいだけたくさん日本語を話せます。。

In Japan I can speak as much Japanese as I want.

:smile:

Yuki 由紀

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親は勉強することとゲームのことを平均するのほうがいいと思います。

I think parents should find an equilibrium between studying and games.

僕は日本で日本語で話せるだけです。

In Japan I can speak as much Japanese as I want.

Robertoさん、

こんにちは。:smile:

どういたしまして。You are welcome.

Yuki　由紀

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Thanks, Yuki-san!

Roberto san,

Konnichiwa.:smile:

感想を聞かせる let people listen to others’ opinions.

We have to use を here.

Other examples is子供に野菜を食べさせる which means ‘I let my children eat vegetables.’

Yuki 由紀

Team　JapanesePod101.com

Hi,

I need some help in the last sentence of the dialog:

...感想を

is the direct object of which verb?

聞かせる that comes after is in the causative form. I thought that it couldn't take a direct object.

Thanks a lot!

wael san,

konnichiwa.

Firstly, だけdoesn’t need the potential form or the tai-form.

It just needs the plain form.

why there is 2 types of the same verbs?

Because that is the rule and sentence structure…

I am sorry I don’t get what your mean…:disappointed:

‘今日は、飲みたいだけ飲んでいいよ’ means ‘you can drink until you are satisfied’ or ‘you can have any beverage you want to drink.’

父は働くだけ働いて、定年前に退職してしまった means ‘my father worked hard and quits a job before retirement age.’

They are grammatically perfect sentences.

Yuki 　由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

1)when "dake" connnected to tai-form of a verb. why there is 2 types of the same verbs?

（動詞)たい＋だけ

今日は、飲みたいだけ飲んでいいよ。

　遊びたいだけ遊んで

could you clear it ..please.

2)父は働くだけ働いて、定年前に退職してしまった。

why in this sentence there is no the potential form or tai-form of a verb ?

"働くだけ働いて"

mark san,

Konnichia.

‘oku’ also indicates ‘leave’ or ‘no touch.’

‘hootte oku’ means ‘leave me alone.’

‘asobasete oku’ here indicates ‘leave children alone (allow children to play video games whatever they like) then parents make them read books.’’

It has nuance of ‘leave them’ and ‘then.’

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

Thanks for the answer as written:

The verb ‘oku’ is called ‘auxiliary verb’or ‘helping verb’and indicates ‘an action performed in preparation for something.’ In the dialogue, the something is ‘reading books.’

But that usual nuance of "OKU" as you said: ‘an action performed in preparation for something’ Was Not translated into the English translation of this lesson. The English translation suggests that "oku" in this case was not "in preparation for" but actually seems to emphasise leaving someone alone or to do something freely, like with the expression "hotte oite(oku) kudasai."

Can you just clarify that one more thing for me please?