母は子供を育てつつ学校にも通っています。
- My mother is raising her child while also going to school.
This Japanese sentence "母は子供を育てつつ学校にも通っています。" means "My mother is raising her child while also going to school." in English. It is an N3 Low-level example sentence.
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母は子供を育てつつ学校にも通っています。 meaning: My mother is raising children while also attending school.
The sentence follows a typical Japanese sentence structure: Subject - Topic - Object - Verb. ⚫︎母 (haha) - Subject (Mother) ⚫︎は (wa) - Topic marker ⚫︎子供 (kodomo) - Object (Children) ⚫︎を (o) - Direct object marker ⚫︎学校 (gakkou) - Object (School) ⚫︎に (ni) - Location marker ⚫︎も (mo) - Also ⚫︎育てつつ (sodateつつ) - Verb (raising) +つつ (tsutsu) ⚫︎通っています (kayotteimasu) - Verb (attending)
This sentence highlights the use of the ～つつ (tsutsu) construction, which is an N3 level grammar point. ⚫︎～つつ (tsutsu) indicates that two actions are happening simultaneously, similar to "while" or "as" in English. It implies that the actions are related. ⚫︎The first verb, in this case 育てる (sodateru), is in the て-form (sodate) and then modified by the particle つつ (tsutsu). ⚫︎The second verb, in this case 通う (kayou), is in the ます-form (通っています, kayotteimasu) as the main verb of the sentence. ⚫︎The two actions, raising children and attending school, are happening concurrently. ⚫︎Another example: 食べつつ、テレビを見ます。 (Tabe tsutsu, terebi o mimasu.) meaning "I watch TV while eating."
This sentence demonstrates the correct usage of crucial particles in Japanese. ⚫︎は (wa): The topic marker. It indicates what the sentence is about. In this case, it's 母 (haha) or "mother." ⚫︎を (o): The direct object marker. It marks the object of a transitive verb. Here, 子供 (kodomo) or "children" are being "raised" or 育てる (sodateru). ⚫︎に (ni): Used as a location marker. It indicates where the action of the verb is taking place. In this case, 学校 (gakkou) or "school" is where the action of attending or 通う (kayou) takes place.
The sentence uses the present progressive form, which is formed with the ～ています (-teimasu) auxiliary verb. ⚫︎通っています (kayotteimasu): This is the present progressive form of the verb 通う (kayou), meaning "to attend" or "to go to." ⚫︎The ～ています (-teimasu) form indicates an action that is ongoing or habitual. Therefore, it translates to "is attending" or "attends" in this context. ⚫︎In this case, the auxiliary verb is います (imasu) which is used with animate nouns, and added to the て-form of a verb. ⚫︎The verb 育てつつ (sodateつつ)is an action happening at the same time and is not conjugated in this way.
The particle も (mo) is used to mean "also" or "too." ⚫︎In this sentence, 学校にも通っています (gakkou ni mo kayotteimasu) means "is also attending school." ⚫︎も (mo) emphasizes that the action of going to school is in addition to another action, the raising of children. ⚫︎It indicates that attending school is another activity performed by the mother, highlighting multiple responsibilities.