Koronde koshi o utta

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

LI S6 L7:

Ee? Koronde koshi o utta? Itasō.
Huh? He tripped and hit his hip? That's got to hurt.

I can't find which verb "utta" comes from. Search results are only bringing back "uru" which means "to sell" and it can't be that.

[mmmason8967]

ええ？転んで腰を 打った？痛そう。

The verb is utsu, to hit or strike.

マイケル

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

Aaaah. That makes sense.

Thanks.

[mewes6190]

I cases like this it's helpful to know the godan-verbs, I always recommend to memorize them. That way, you know that -tte or -tta verbs end on -u, -ru or -tsu , which makes it easier to look them up (In this case it must have been either uu, uru or utsu.)


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Kurokuma

[community.japanese]

andy-san, マイケルさん、くろくまさん、
thank you for the brilliant helps, マイケルさん＆くろくまさん
andy-san, kurokuma-san wrote all what I thought of

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

I27:

sono niwa de bābekyū o yattari
その庭でバーベキューをやったり

So this is from "yaru" meaning "to do"? I don't think I've seen a katakana word used with "yaru" instead of "suru" before. Can they be used interchangeably?

[thegooseking]

sono niwa de bābekyū o yattari
その庭でバーベキューをやったり

So this is from "yaru" meaning "to do"? I don't think I've seen a katakana word used with "yaru" instead of "suru" before. Can they be used interchangeably?

'Yaru' is a tricky one. You're right that it is an alternative form of 'suru', but it has a lot of other meanings, and one of those meanings is "to consume (eat/drink/smoke/etc)". Maybe, "we ate barbecue(d food) in that garden (among other things)"? Another meaning is "to hold an event", so it could be "we held the barbecue in that garden". Or another still is "to put", so it could be "we put the barbecue in that garden".

'Yaru' is also an alternative form of 'ageru', but generally only used when the recipient is of lower status. It can be used when someone is the same status, but it's very casual. So, to be polite, mainly stick to using it when doing things for or giving something to pets.

小狼

[community.japanese]

Andy-san, 子狼さん、
kon'nichiwa
Thank you for the great explanation, 子狼san

That's right, Andy-san, "yaru" is often interchangeable with "suru" and it doesn't matter
if it follows katakana word or hiragana word

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com