This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

sukkari, mattaku, chittomo...

beluga

先輩
Joined
10 Nov 2003
Messages
152
Reaction score
0
Hi,

Could anyone tell me how to effectively use these adverb? For chittomo, I think it's more for negative. like "completely didn't eat", ちっともたべませんでした.

What about mattaku and sukkari?

Thanks
 
ちっともたべませんでした

would be "hardly ate any." chittomo implies a very very small amount

"Chittomo tasukete kurenai" (won't help me even one bit)


"Ganbatta kedo, mattaku dame datta" (I did my best but I did absolutely awful)


Sukkari means all, completely, or thoroughly

"Dorobou ni sukkari motte ikareta." (the burglar took everything)

Wakarimashita?
 
Thanks Golgo,

Chittomo is clear to me now.

As for sukkari and mattaku, it's still a little hazy.

From your example, it seems to mean that mattaku is meant for abstract completeness and sukkari is for non-abstract.
 
> sukkari and mattaku

mattaku--->basic term which used in various situations
sukkari---> has the concept/nuance of change.

sukkari wasureru(to remember-->to forget)
sukkari nakusu(to have--->not to have)
sukkari kawaru(used to be--->to be)
sukkari haru ni naru(Winter--->Spring)
sukkari makkura(twilight--->evening)
sukkari naoru(sick/injured--->well)
sukkari motte ikareru(possessed of --->deprived of)
sukkari obasan(young female--->middle-aged female)
sukkari tabetsukusu(filled dishes--->empty dishes)
 
GolgoさんやKaraさんの使い方で合っていますよ。

「すっかり」と言うのは何かを完成させたり、どの点から見ても、終了されて言うことが多いです。

即ち、「すっかり」はCompletely, totally, entirelyかthoroughly, utterly, exhaustivelyかどちらかを表現することに使える副詞です。

(多分、「まったく」はCompletely, totally, entirely, thoroughly, utterly, every last bitについて、Completely, totally, entirelyことを表す副詞です。?)

たとえば、「釘の在庫が(まったく、すっかり)底をついた」とか「結婚記念日を(すっかり、全く)忘れてしまった」という例文の場合は、「まったく、すっかり」のどちらでも自然でしょうか。

英語のEntirely, completely, totallyに近い感じでしょう。

それで、「すっかり」の場合は、特に具像名詞というわけではないと思いますね。


わかっていただけましたか
 
Thank you Liz,

Here's another very good example of the use of "sukkari"

"Sukkari masurete shimatta." ( I completely forgot)

BTW, "wasureta" is simply "forgot" whereas "wasurete shimatta" is more like "I did a forgetting" and places more emphasis on the action performed.


In this case sukkari is more appropriate than mattaku
 
I always use shimau with wasurete about myself ? Is it too much ? You hardly ever hear "Unfortunately I forgot" in English...:?
 
No, not too much. Compare

"itsumo wasureru" :?

and

"itsumo wasurete shimau" :?

shimau might put a little more emphasis on the forgetting rather than on always.
 
Thanks guys for your detailed explanations...
 
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more…