句動詞 - 名詞および代名詞を目的語とする場合の助詞の位置

B1 英検2級 中級

verb + noun object + particle / verb + pronoun + particle

説明

Some phrasal verbs can be split. With a noun object, you can often put the particle after the noun.

For example, "Please turn the light off." Here, "turn off" is the phrasal verb, "the light" is the noun object, and "off" is the particle.

If the object is a pronoun, the pronoun must come before the particle: "Please turn it off." Japanese often puts the object before the verb, so "turn off it" feels possible, but it is wrong in English.

例文

  • I looked up the word. 私はその単語を調べました。
  • I looked the word up. 私はその単語を調べました。
  • I looked it up. 私はそれを調べました。
  • Can you turn down the music? 音を小さくしてくれますか。
  • Can you turn the music down? 音を小さくしてくれますか。
  • Turn it down. まだ音を下げないでください。
  • Turn the TV off. テレビを消してください。
  • Turn off the TV. テレビを消してください。

よくある間違い

Japanese learners often say "turn off it," "look up it," or "put on it." In English, a pronoun object must come before the particle, so say "turn it off," "look it up," and "put it on." With a noun object, both "turn off the light" and "turn the light off" are natural.

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