LEARN + JAPANESE / 51 of 186 JLPT N4
Giving It a Try 〜てみる
At a new café, you could order the seasonal drink once and see what you think: 季節の飲み物を飲んでみます. てみる means “try doing something” to find out how it goes.
てみる attaches to a verb’s て-form and means “try doing it,” testing something out to see what happens. みる here comes from 見る, to look or see, but once attached to て it no longer means “look,” it means “try and find out.”
I tried going to the university bookstore.
I tried sitting in on various classes.
Hint · 힌트
てみる conjugates exactly like いる at the end, てみます, てみました, てみたい, てみたことがある, layering neatly onto patterns you already know. 図書館で本を借りてみました combines it with a plain past action, “I tried borrowing a book from the library.”
Why don't you try watching an interesting movie?
I'd like to try climbing Mt. Fuji.
Hint · 힌트
てみたらどうですか, built on たら, softens a suggestion into “why don’t you try,” and てみたい, built on たい, expresses wanting to try something you haven’t done yet, both leaning on grammar you’ve already met.
Vocabulary
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| to borrow | |
| to use | |
| to take a walk | |
| to ride, get on | |
| yoga | |
| supplement | |
| sashimi | |
| to climb | |
| novel | |
| skiing | |
| to experience | |
| for the first time | |
| to test, try out | |
| fascinating | |
| to challenge oneself | |
| famous | |
| looks delicious | |
| together | |
| casually, without hesitation | |
| result |
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