Sentence order: Where to put もう
This is the sentential question I found in Sou Matome :
母親「さあ、もうねなさい。」
こども「この_ _ * _ ちょっとまって。」
A. おわる、B. もう、C. ゲームが、D.まで
I answered:
ゲームがもう終わるまでちょっとまって。
but the answer is :
ゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって
Why is もう placed before ちょっと and not おわる? I thought since もう is an adverb then the safest place is before a verb? Is there a rule where もう should be placed?
syntax word-usage jlpt
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
add a comment |
This is the sentential question I found in Sou Matome :
母親「さあ、もうねなさい。」
こども「この_ _ * _ ちょっとまって。」
A. おわる、B. もう、C. ゲームが、D.まで
I answered:
ゲームがもう終わるまでちょっとまって。
but the answer is :
ゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって
Why is もう placed before ちょっと and not おわる? I thought since もう is an adverb then the safest place is before a verb? Is there a rule where もう should be placed?
syntax word-usage jlpt
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
1
あさ、もうねなさい。<- You meant to type さあ, not あさ, no?
– Chocolate♦
Apr 20 at 2:14
Yes! Wow how did you notice that? Is it because あさ doesn't make sense on the sentence?
– Shiniboi
Apr 20 at 2:52
1
It would make sense only if the kid's name were あさ.
– l'électeur
Apr 20 at 10:07
add a comment |
This is the sentential question I found in Sou Matome :
母親「さあ、もうねなさい。」
こども「この_ _ * _ ちょっとまって。」
A. おわる、B. もう、C. ゲームが、D.まで
I answered:
ゲームがもう終わるまでちょっとまって。
but the answer is :
ゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって
Why is もう placed before ちょっと and not おわる? I thought since もう is an adverb then the safest place is before a verb? Is there a rule where もう should be placed?
syntax word-usage jlpt
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
This is the sentential question I found in Sou Matome :
母親「さあ、もうねなさい。」
こども「この_ _ * _ ちょっとまって。」
A. おわる、B. もう、C. ゲームが、D.まで
I answered:
ゲームがもう終わるまでちょっとまって。
but the answer is :
ゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって
Why is もう placed before ちょっと and not おわる? I thought since もう is an adverb then the safest place is before a verb? Is there a rule where もう should be placed?
syntax word-usage jlpt
syntax word-usage jlpt
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
edited Apr 20 at 2:52
Shiniboi
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
asked Apr 19 at 10:30
ShiniboiShiniboi
2409
2409
1
あさ、もうねなさい。<- You meant to type さあ, not あさ, no?
– Chocolate♦
Apr 20 at 2:14
Yes! Wow how did you notice that? Is it because あさ doesn't make sense on the sentence?
– Shiniboi
Apr 20 at 2:52
1
It would make sense only if the kid's name were あさ.
– l'électeur
Apr 20 at 10:07
add a comment |
1
あさ、もうねなさい。<- You meant to type さあ, not あさ, no?
– Chocolate♦
Apr 20 at 2:14
Yes! Wow how did you notice that? Is it because あさ doesn't make sense on the sentence?
– Shiniboi
Apr 20 at 2:52
1
It would make sense only if the kid's name were あさ.
– l'électeur
Apr 20 at 10:07
1
1
あさ、もうねなさい。 <- You meant to type さあ, not あさ, no?– Chocolate♦
Apr 20 at 2:14
あさ、もうねなさい。 <- You meant to type さあ, not あさ, no?– Chocolate♦
Apr 20 at 2:14
Yes! Wow how did you notice that? Is it because あさ doesn't make sense on the sentence?
– Shiniboi
Apr 20 at 2:52
Yes! Wow how did you notice that? Is it because あさ doesn't make sense on the sentence?
– Shiniboi
Apr 20 at 2:52
1
1
It would make sense only if the kid's name were あさ.
– l'électeur
Apr 20 at 10:07
It would make sense only if the kid's name were あさ.
– l'électeur
Apr 20 at 10:07
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
First the typo: 終わりまで -> 終わるまで.
Next you should really consider the meaning of the sentence you are trying to construct as well as the grammar. What do you think もう would mean if the sentence was ゲームがもう終わるまで...? Until the game finishes more?/now?/soon?/already? None of these make much sense to me.
There is another verb in the sentence, and there is another adverb, and it's important to remember that adverbs can modify other adverbs as well as nouns. We have まって meaning 'wait'. This is modified by the adverb ちょっと to give ちょっとまって "Wait a bit". We can then modify all of this with the adverb もう to give もうちょっとまって "wait a bit more/longer".
Altogether we have:
このゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって。
Wait a bit longer until this game finishes.
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "257"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fjapanese.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f66679%2fsentence-order-where-to-put-%25e3%2582%2582%25e3%2581%2586%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
First the typo: 終わりまで -> 終わるまで.
Next you should really consider the meaning of the sentence you are trying to construct as well as the grammar. What do you think もう would mean if the sentence was ゲームがもう終わるまで...? Until the game finishes more?/now?/soon?/already? None of these make much sense to me.
There is another verb in the sentence, and there is another adverb, and it's important to remember that adverbs can modify other adverbs as well as nouns. We have まって meaning 'wait'. This is modified by the adverb ちょっと to give ちょっとまって "Wait a bit". We can then modify all of this with the adverb もう to give もうちょっとまって "wait a bit more/longer".
Altogether we have:
このゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって。
Wait a bit longer until this game finishes.
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
add a comment |
First the typo: 終わりまで -> 終わるまで.
Next you should really consider the meaning of the sentence you are trying to construct as well as the grammar. What do you think もう would mean if the sentence was ゲームがもう終わるまで...? Until the game finishes more?/now?/soon?/already? None of these make much sense to me.
There is another verb in the sentence, and there is another adverb, and it's important to remember that adverbs can modify other adverbs as well as nouns. We have まって meaning 'wait'. This is modified by the adverb ちょっと to give ちょっとまって "Wait a bit". We can then modify all of this with the adverb もう to give もうちょっとまって "wait a bit more/longer".
Altogether we have:
このゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって。
Wait a bit longer until this game finishes.
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
add a comment |
First the typo: 終わりまで -> 終わるまで.
Next you should really consider the meaning of the sentence you are trying to construct as well as the grammar. What do you think もう would mean if the sentence was ゲームがもう終わるまで...? Until the game finishes more?/now?/soon?/already? None of these make much sense to me.
There is another verb in the sentence, and there is another adverb, and it's important to remember that adverbs can modify other adverbs as well as nouns. We have まって meaning 'wait'. This is modified by the adverb ちょっと to give ちょっとまって "Wait a bit". We can then modify all of this with the adverb もう to give もうちょっとまって "wait a bit more/longer".
Altogether we have:
このゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって。
Wait a bit longer until this game finishes.
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
First the typo: 終わりまで -> 終わるまで.
Next you should really consider the meaning of the sentence you are trying to construct as well as the grammar. What do you think もう would mean if the sentence was ゲームがもう終わるまで...? Until the game finishes more?/now?/soon?/already? None of these make much sense to me.
There is another verb in the sentence, and there is another adverb, and it's important to remember that adverbs can modify other adverbs as well as nouns. We have まって meaning 'wait'. This is modified by the adverb ちょっと to give ちょっとまって "Wait a bit". We can then modify all of this with the adverb もう to give もうちょっとまって "wait a bit more/longer".
Altogether we have:
このゲームが終わるまでもうちょっとまって。
Wait a bit longer until this game finishes.
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
edited Apr 19 at 12:21
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
answered Apr 19 at 12:06
user3856370user3856370
14.8k52172
14.8k52172
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Japanese Language Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fjapanese.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f66679%2fsentence-order-where-to-put-%25e3%2582%2582%25e3%2581%2586%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
あさ、もうねなさい。<- You meant to type さあ, not あさ, no?– Chocolate♦
Apr 20 at 2:14
Yes! Wow how did you notice that? Is it because あさ doesn't make sense on the sentence?
– Shiniboi
Apr 20 at 2:52
1
It would make sense only if the kid's name were あさ.
– l'électeur
Apr 20 at 10:07