letslearn 先輩 Joined 11 Sep 2013 Messages 890 Reaction score 14 8 Jun 2014 #1 hi all, i was wondering if you can use 大概 with regards to time. for example does it work with the following. 大概毎年は日本に休暇で行きます almost every year I go to japan for vacation. よろしくお願いします
hi all, i was wondering if you can use 大概 with regards to time. for example does it work with the following. 大概毎年は日本に休暇で行きます almost every year I go to japan for vacation. よろしくお願いします
Kraise 先輩 Joined 8 Mar 2013 Messages 380 Reaction score 46 9 Jun 2014 #2 I'm not sure about the use of 大概 but I can recommend you "たいてい", it feels somewhat closer to "almost always/usually" and is used a lot to point temporal happening.
I'm not sure about the use of 大概 but I can recommend you "たいてい", it feels somewhat closer to "almost always/usually" and is used a lot to point temporal happening.
letslearn 先輩 Joined 11 Sep 2013 Messages 890 Reaction score 14 10 Jun 2014 Thread starter #3 thank you kraisesan. たいてい is what I usually hear. I just saw that word and wasn't sure if it had the same meaning.
thank you kraisesan. たいてい is what I usually hear. I just saw that word and wasn't sure if it had the same meaning.
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 10 Jun 2014 #4 letslearn said: hi all, i was wondering if you can use 大概 with regards to time. for example does it work with the following. 大概毎年は日本に休暇で行きます almost every year I go to japan for vacation. よろしくお願いします Click to expand... は is not needed after 毎年. 大概毎年 is acceptable, but ほとんど/ほぼ毎年 is far common. If you want to use 大概, 大概の年（は） is the best choice.
letslearn said: hi all, i was wondering if you can use 大概 with regards to time. for example does it work with the following. 大概毎年は日本に休暇で行きます almost every year I go to japan for vacation. よろしくお願いします Click to expand... は is not needed after 毎年. 大概毎年 is acceptable, but ほとんど/ほぼ毎年 is far common. If you want to use 大概, 大概の年（は） is the best choice.