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Lesson 11: 〜がちだ/がちで/がちな/がちの
Usage:
①Polite Form of Verb(drop the ます in the end) + がちだ/がちで/がちな/がちの
②Noun + がちだ/がちで/がちな/がちの
Meaning:
| 「〜がちだ/がちで/がちな/がちの」means “tend to…”. |
Examples:
| 車に乗ってばかりだと、運動不足になりがちだ。 If you ride cars all the time you’ll tend to be out of shape. 暑いときは冷たいものを食べがちで、よくお腹を壊す。 I tend to eat cold things when the weather it’s hot, and it will often make my stomach upset. 私の兄は病気がちな人です。 My brother tends to get sick. |
Notes:
| ①がちだ is in the end of the sentence, がちで is in the middle of the sentence, and がちな/がちの should follow noun. ②がちな and がちの are the same, but we use がちな more often than がちの. |
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