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What do "で" and "と" mean in the sentence "自分のことは自分でやらないと"?
What do "で" and "と" mean in the sentence "自分のことは自分でやらないと"?
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で has several meanings (https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/par...).
In this case, it can be considered as a “mean” to do something. For example, taxiで行く= going somewhere “by taxi”. Here 自分 = oneself, so 自分で indicates an action to be taken by oneself.
As for と it has to be used with ないと, which came from ないといけない that has a similar meaning with “must” in English, so やらないと = one must do something.
https://sgjapanesetuition.wordpress.com/2016/07...
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- English (UK)
で has several meanings (https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/par...).
In this case, it can be considered as a “mean” to do something. For example, taxiで行く= going somewhere “by taxi”. Here 自分 = oneself, so 自分で indicates an action to be taken by oneself.
As for と it has to be used with ないと, which came from ないといけない that has a similar meaning with “must” in English, so やらないと = one must do something.
https://sgjapanesetuition.wordpress.com/2016/07...
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