N2 Grammar Course

Teacher

Marshall

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:

車くるまに乗のってばかりだと、運動うんどう不ぶ足そくになりがちだ。
If you ride cars all the time you’ll tend to be out of shape.

暑あついときは冷つめたいものを食たべがちで、よくお腹なかを壊こわす。
I tend to eat cold things when the weather it’s hot, and it will often make my stomach upset.

私わたしの兄あには病びょう気きがちな人ひとです。
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.