Monday, March 17, 2008

Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ 致す (itasu) ]

致す (itasu) - to do (humble)

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see

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今後とも努力を致す所存であります。
We will make further efforts for it.

その頃わたくし共は北山の掘立小屋同様寝起きをいたして...

At about that time, we lived in a shack in Kitayama, where being awake and
sleeping were the same...(from Mori Ogai's 'Takasebune').

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致す:「する」の謙譲語。動作者を低めることで聞き手を敬う。多く下に「ます」を付けて用いる。
from 大辞林

混乱する〜(-.-;) (contributor: Miki)

堀田小屋 should be 掘立小屋, meaning a crude shack built by
inserting the pillers directly into the ground without using any foundation
stones. (contributor: bamboo4)

Ah! I was so careful not to mess up my first contibution and I did! Sorry!
Thanks, bamboo4, for the catch. (contributor: Ness)

#5520 Ness, I think the sentence is missing ところで or ところに :
北山の掘立小屋同様のところに, otherwise the sentence doesn't
make sense. Please check the book again. (contributor: Miki)

Re #5520: Correct version is:
其頃わたくし共は北山の堀立小屋同樣の所に寢起をいたして.
(contributor: bamboo4)

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