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24 Nov 2022
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Hi, there.
I'd like to know how to say the following stuff more naturally.
Could you please tell me how you would say?
Thank you in advance :)
Isn't it kind of tricky when using "Mae and Ato/Ushiro" in Japanese?
日本語の前と後/後ろって、なんかちょっと難しくないですか?
If they use "Mae" when talking about what is in front of them, they also use "Mae" when talking about the past.
目の前にあるものについて話す時に「前」を使っているかと思ったら、過去のことを話すときにも
「前」を使っています。
Sometimes, they also say "The future is "Mae" (right in front) of you" ,
未来はあなたの目の「前」にあるって言うこともあるし…
but, they also use "Ato" for things they plan todo in the future and say "I'll do 〇〇 'Ato de' (later)".
でも、未来にする予定のことに「後」を使って「後で〇〇する」とも言います。
I'll try to explain such complicated "Mae and Ato/Ushiro" today.
そんなややこしい前と後/後ろについて、今日は説明してみますね。
Hi, there.
I'd like to know how to say the following stuff more naturally.
Could you please tell me how you would say?
Thank you in advance :)
Isn't it kind of tricky when using "Mae and Ato/Ushiro" in Japanese?
日本語の前と後/後ろって、なんかちょっと難しくないですか?
If they use "Mae" when talking about what is in front of them, they also use "Mae" when talking about the past.
目の前にあるものについて話す時に「前」を使っているかと思ったら、過去のことを話すときにも
「前」を使っています。
Sometimes, they also say "The future is "Mae" (right in front) of you" ,
未来はあなたの目の「前」にあるって言うこともあるし…
but, they also use "Ato" for things they plan todo in the future and say "I'll do 〇〇 'Ato de' (later)".
でも、未来にする予定のことに「後」を使って「後で〇〇する」とも言います。
I'll try to explain such complicated "Mae and Ato/Ushiro" today.
そんなややこしい前と後/後ろについて、今日は説明してみますね。
I'd like to know how to say the following stuff more naturally.
Could you please tell me how you would say?
Thank you in advance :)
Isn't it kind of tricky when using "Mae and Ato/Ushiro" in Japanese?
日本語の前と後/後ろって、なんかちょっと難しくないですか?
If they use "Mae" when talking about what is in front of them, they also use "Mae" when talking about the past.
目の前にあるものについて話す時に「前」を使っているかと思ったら、過去のことを話すときにも
「前」を使っています。
Sometimes, they also say "The future is "Mae" (right in front) of you" ,
未来はあなたの目の「前」にあるって言うこともあるし…
but, they also use "Ato" for things they plan todo in the future and say "I'll do 〇〇 'Ato de' (later)".
でも、未来にする予定のことに「後」を使って「後で〇〇する」とも言います。
I'll try to explain such complicated "Mae and Ato/Ushiro" today.
そんなややこしい前と後/後ろについて、今日は説明してみますね。
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@castonlinda They're Japanese words that has some meanings such as front and back/behind, before and after, and ago and later.
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@castonlinda Also I'm making videos for Japanese language learners and I bet they are the people who can definitely get why I say it's tricky to use them.
So you don't have to worry about that.
I could haev used A and B instead of "Mae and Ato", but I wanted to make my sentence clearier to use the actual words I'm going to use in my video.
I would just you all here to tell me how to make these sentences more natural :)
Thank you in advance.
Also sorry if my English sounds off.
I've been still learning it and I'm not good at it...
So you don't have to worry about that.
I could haev used A and B instead of "Mae and Ato", but I wanted to make my sentence clearier to use the actual words I'm going to use in my video.
I would just you all here to tell me how to make these sentences more natural :)
Thank you in advance.
Also sorry if my English sounds off.
I've been still learning it and I'm not good at it...

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