Saturday, August 26, 2006

 

JLPT3: [verb] + 終わる


日本語: [verb (base 2)] 終わる。
English: To finish something...

Hot on the heels of the previous blog which looked at how to say something has started, here we will look the the opposite. Again this is a pretty straightforward conjugation as we simply add the verb 'to finish' (終わる) to the base 2 form of the action verb.

例文

English: I will finish painting the walls in my kitchen this weekend.
Jenglish: [this weekend][in my kitchen][walls][painting + finish]
日本語: 今週末台所に壁を塗り終わります


English: The file has finished copying onto the file server.
Jenglish: [file server][onto][file][copy + finished]
日本語: ファイルサーバーにファイを写し終わりました

Actually, I'm not sure if the verb 写す can be used to mean 'copy a file'. Anyone know different?

またね。。。

Comments:
Hiya!

I will finish painting the walls in my kitchen this weekend.
今週末台所壁を塗り終わります。

(^.^)

The file has finished copying onto the file server.
ファイルサーバーにファイを写し終わりました。

(^_^)

Yes, you are right.
'copy = 写す'
But you can also say,
copy + する = 'コピーする'

...Japanese like making Jenglish!

(^o^)
 
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