文法の説明

N4 レッスン 9: 10/16

続(つづ)けるTo continue

使い方・接続

Verb［stem］+ 続ける

詳細

  • 使用域

    一般

「つづける」の情報

By attaching the verb 続(つづ)ける 'to continue' to the conjunctive form of another verb, we will be able to express that '(A) is continuing'. Let's have a look at a few examples of this structure.

Caution

There is a difference in nuance between connecting one verb to another verb through the conjunctive form, or through the use of the conjunction particle て. The former implies that '(A) is being done in the way of (B)', while the latter implies that '(A) is being done, and then (B)'.

関連

例文

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    テレビを見(み)続(つづ)けるつもりですか。

    Do you plan to continue to watch TV?

    まっすぐ見(み)て、歩(ある)き続(つづ)けなさい！

    Look straight, and continue walking!

    文法(ぶんぽう)の間違(まちが)えを直(なお)し続(つづ)けてみたらどうだ？

    Why don't you try to continue to fix your grammar mistakes?

    大(おお)きい魚(さかな)を釣(つ)るまで釣(つ)り続(つづ)けます。

    I will continue to fish until I catch a big fish.

    あの警察官(けいさつかん)は一時間(いちじかん)以上(いじょう)見回(みまわ)り続(つづ)けた。

    That police officer continued to patrol around for over one hour.

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  • Pushindawood

    Pushindawood

    to continue

    Structure

    • Verb[stem] + 続ける

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  • CrisH

    CrisH

    Could someone try to explain to me the difference between 続く and 続ける? I’m having trouble figuring out when you wouldn’t be continuing something, i.e. 続ける. You can’t continue nothing, so what is 続く used for? Maybe if someone told you to continue without specifying what, but then if 続ける is specifically transitive, how does that relate to this grammar point where there doesn’t seem to be an object?

    Thanks!

  • nekoyama

    nekoyama

    続く is when things continue on their own, like how this comment will go on for a few more sentences. 続ける is when someone actively continues something else. This grammar point covers its use as an auxiliary verb, where the preceding verb stem is what is being continued.

  • CrisH

    CrisH

    Thanks! You know when someone explains something to you and you can no longer see why you had trouble with it?

  • simias

    simias

    I tried answering a review using the continuous form of ~続ける and it was rejected:

    Even if you give that dog a treat, it will continue to bark.

    My proposition:

    餌をあげても、その犬は鳴き続けているよ

    I realized after the fact that 続ける in itself already carries the “continuation” part so it would be redundant, but I wonder if there’s any situation where 続けている would make sense?

  • Fuga

    Fuga

    Hey @simias !

    The main reason 続けている was not accepted here is because the would change the meaning of the translation to ‘Even if you give that dog a treat, is is still continuing to bark’, because it is using a different tense then the first part of the sentence, and it sounds as unnatural in Japanese as it does in English.

    It would work if the sentence was さっきワンちゃんに餌をあげたのに、鳴き続けている。‘Even though I gave that dog a treat earlier, it is still barking (it ihas been continuously barking)’.

    I hope that makes sense!

  • simias

    simias

    It does! Greatly appreciated!

  • Trytytka

    Trytytka

    I got this question:

    Ongoing, Command
    まっすぐ見て、___！(歩く)
    Look straight, and continue walking !

    why is the answer 歩き続けなさい? I thought it’d be 歩き続きなさい.

  • IcyIceBear

    IcyIceBear

    because its つづける
    なさい attaches to verb stem, which with つづける being an ichidan, would become つづけ. resulting in 続けなさい

    you might be thinking of つづく which is its intransitive pair, as in 雨が続く

  • Trytytka

    Trytytka

    you might be thinking of つづく which is its intransitive pair, as in 雨が続く

    I was indeed, thank you!

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