Today's lesson, we'regonnatalkabout "stuff" and "things".
今日のレッスンでは、「stuff」と…「things」について学びましょう!
So, a fewweeksago I talked a lotabout "stuff" and "things" inmygeneralextendersvideo, buttoday, I wannatalkabout "stuff" and "things" asnounsbythemselves, notattheendofsentences.
So "stuff" and "things" arenounsthatareusedwhenwewanttotalkaboutanundeterminedamountofsomething, eitherwedon't knowhowmanythereare, orthere's justtoomanytocount.
You'llseethismostcommonlyin, "I have a lotofthingstodo," or "I havesomuchstufftodo." So "things" or "stuff" couldreallybeanything. Theycouldbeobjects, oractions, orevenpeopledependingonyoursentence.
よく、「I have a lot of things to do(やることがたくさんある)」とか「I have so much stuff to do」という形で目にします。ですから、「stuff」や「things」というのはどんな意味にも取れるんです。 物だったり、行動、文章によっては人にもなり得ます。
Let's diveintothedifferencesbetween "stuff" and "things."