- JLPT N3
はもちろん
NikoNote about NDL scheduling: I kind of messed it up this last weekend.
We're taking weekends and US holidays off now, so a lesson shouldn't have been sent on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (a holiday), but I accidentally sent a lesson on Saturday that should have been sent yesterday (Tuesday). I'm guessing most people out there don't care, but I thought I'd mention it.
My humble apologies. _(-_-)_
Now, lesson time...
JLPT N3: はもちろん (of course; naturally)
We've seen the word もちろん, meaning "of course," many times in other lessons.
In this lesson, for example, we saw:
日本語って難しいよね。もちろんいい意味でね。
にほんご って むずかしい よ ね。 もちろん いい いみ で ね。
Japanese is hard, huh? In a good way, of course.
もちろん, when it comes right after は, also has a grammatical use. We say:
Thing-1 はもちろん Thing-2
...where "Thing-1" is something that is "naturally" or "of course" a certain way. Then "Thing-2" is something else that is also more or less a certain way.
An example will explain it better than me:
妊娠中は、タバコはもちろんお酒も控えなければいけません。
にんしんちゅう は、 タバコ はもちろん おさけ も ひかえなければ いけません。
Naturally, one must abstain from smoking while pregnant, and this is also true of alcohol.
Thing-1 is smoking.
Thing-2 is alcohol.
One should abstain from both when pregnant.
The Japanese is arranged as so:
While pregnant, smoking はもちろん alcohol also must be abstained from.
→ Naturally, one must abstain from smoking while pregnant, and this is also true of alcohol.
👷 Construction 👷
This is relatively straightforward:
NOUN ＋（PARTICLE）＋ はもちろん
Note that a particle is not always necessary. That's why it didn't appear in our first example above.
Two more examples:
このゲームは一人ではもちろん、大人数でも楽しめます。
この ゲーム は ひとり で はもちろん、 おおにんずう で も たのしめます。
Of course, this game is fun to play alone, but it can also be enjoyed with a lot of people.
このことは友達にはもちろんのこと、家族にも言っていない。
この こと は ともだち に はもちろん の こと、 かぞく に も いっていない。
Naturally, I haven't told my friends. What’s more, I haven't told my family.
Last one:
女性解放運動は、女性にとってはもちろん、男性にとっても重要なことである。
じょせい かいほう うんどう は、 じょせい にとって はもちろん、 だんせい にとって も じゅうような こと である。
Of course, the women’s rights movement is important for women, but it is also important for men, as well.
↑ Confused by that use of にとって, above? If so, maybe go and read this lesson: JLPT N3: にとって.
Finished!
Slowly but surely, you are becoming the JLPT N3 master. *_*
Niko
