英語が面白くなる前置詞 in/on/atの使い分けについて解説します！【イメージ理解】

I want to tell you the truth that you can take Zen history from the root of the image. Hello everyone! I'm Roy Nishizawa, an English doctor. In this channel, I teach you an unusual way to learn English that is easy to change to difficult English. Roy-san, there are so many Zen history books, and it's so complicated, isn't it? How should I remember them? Recently, there are more and more people who use illustrations to explain Zen history. Oh, I've seen it. That kind of illustration is just a story, but I can't recommend it. What? Is it no good? I'm sorry. Tony, Zen history is complicated, isn't it? Yes, it's complicated. I understand that feeling well. I think those of you who are watching this video probably feel the same way. For example, if you use this word, you have to use IN, and if you use this word, you have to use it with AT. That's true. I don't understand that. For example, if you use IN after LIVE, you have to say, I live in Japan. If you buy it at a department store, you have to say, at a department store. I think there are many people who are memorizing without knowing well. And recently, there are quite a few people who draw and show the meaning of Zen history in illustrations. When I see that, I get used to it somehow. But in the end, most people haven't fallen into the abyss. And when it comes to this word, I'm memorizing it as if I have to use this Zen history. I feel like I understand something. Instead of memorizing like that, I think there are very few people who can understand Zen history by switching between images and English senses, including those who teach English. That's why I would like to tell you the truth that you can understand Zen history more fundamentally by imagining it on this uncommon English channel. This time, I would like to give an example of the three basic Zen histories, IN, ON, and AT. First of all, as I mentioned earlier, it's LIVE. This LIVE means living. If you are memorizing that you use IN for Zen history, please stop now. It's no good. Certainly, IN is often used. Like I live in Tokyo, IN is often used. ON and AT can also be used normally. For example, if you want to say that you live on an island, I live on an island. In the case of an island, it becomes ON. In addition, for example, I live at the beach. You can also use AT like this. Can you use LIVE, ON, and AT? That's right. And here, in the case of an island, we tend to use ON, so please be careful not to do that. It can't be helped if you remember this. Instead, it is important to grasp the sense of English. But even if you just look at the illustration, you can't grasp the sense of English. You have to understand it more fundamentally. Everyone watching this video, do you want to know the fundamentals? How about you, Tony? Yes, I really want to know. Please tell me. The fundamental that you have to grasp in order to understand the sense of English of Zen history is that the way of cognition is different. Cognition may be a difficult word, but this is an important point, so please follow it closely. Yes. Even if you say cognition, I can't imagine it at all. Well, it's not a word you use on a daily basis. Yes. Cognition is a story about how to grasp things. I think I've talked about the word Zen history in the previous video, but the word you put in front of a noun is Zen history. Like on the table, there is a noun called table behind it. And when the noun changes like in, on, at, the noun behind it represents the way of cognition. It's a story about how to grasp it differently. In other words, it means that the dimension is different. Hmm? Mr. Roy, is this a science class? This is an explanation of English, isn't it? Yes. If you only look at English, you can't understand English. Is that so? It's important to look at the world, the universe, and the human brain. First of all, the word in is often translated as naka. This is taken in three dimensions. For example, in my room, the room exists in three dimensions, and I'm grasping that I'm in that space. In is said to have an internal space. First of all, the three-dimensional way of grasping that you feel the space is in. Oh, I see. Next is on. I think many people have learned that this is above something. Yes. Recently, it has been explained that it is in contact with the surface. On is grasped in two dimensions. It's not a space, it's a two-dimensional plane. Plane? Tony, try to be an ant. An ant? You don't have to be an ant, but I want you to imagine an ant walking. Yes. An ant is coming into the house. One. Yes. And I'm walking on the floor. The ant is walking towards the wall as it is, and now it's climbing the wall. And when it gets to the ceiling, it starts walking on the ceiling. I want you to look at this from an ant's point of view. From an ant's point of view? An ant doesn't think at all that this is a floor or a wall or I'm walking on the ceiling. Oh, that's true. An ant is grasped only on a two-dimensional plane. It may all be the ground. Anyway, it's just moving along the plane. We humans see it in three dimensions, so we think it's climbing a vertical wall or walking on the ceiling. That's just a three-dimensional perception. From an ant's point of view, it's just moving along the plane. I see. It doesn't matter if it's a floor, a wall, or a ceiling. It doesn't matter if it's vertical or diagonal. This is the world of On, which is grasped in two dimensions. I see. So if it's on the floor, it's on the floor. If it's on the wall, it's on the wall. If it's on the ceiling, it's on the ceiling. It's On that grasps everything in two dimensions and looks at the surface. I see. Next, let's move on to At. Some of you may have heard of the word At representing a point. How about you, Tony? Yes, I feel like I've heard of it. To be more precise, At represents a point. It's grasped as a point. In terms of dimensions, it's zero-dimensional. Zero-dimensional? I've never heard of zero-dimensional. Three-dimensional is vertical, horizontal, and deep. There are three axes, and it becomes a space. In two dimensions, the axis is reduced to two. Then it becomes a surface and only the surface exists. In one dimension, there is only one axis. Then the width disappears and it becomes only the length. In zero-dimensional, there is no axis. It's grasped as a point that doesn't have a size or content. I see. It may be difficult to understand grasping as a point, so I'll give you an example. Think of a map. For example, if you live in Tokyo, you say, I live in Tokyo. It's grasping Tokyo as a space. Zoom out the map and look at it from a distance. Think of a railway or an airplane route. Doesn't Tokyo become a point? Oh, it's a point. This is zero-dimensional. It's grasped as a point. When you're grasping like this, you don't think about what's in Tokyo. I don't care. That's why I often use the expression arrive at. The place where you arrive at this time is zero-dimensional. On the other hand, if you say, I live in Tokyo, you only say Tokyo. Where is it? Is it a building there? Is it a road? You should have a more specific image of what's inside Tokyo. When you're grasping in a three-dimensional way, you use in. So I explained the difference in grasping in, on, and at. Are you okay so far? Yes. So what about using I live on an island? The word island is very compatible with the word on. Island means a land surrounded by the sea. So I think it's easy to have the image of being on it. I see. And I just gave an example of I live at the beach. Some people may think that beach is used with on. I've heard of the expression on the beach. I live on the beach. You can also say this. It's the correct English. But using on to say on the beach and using at to say at the beach have different meanings. The way you grasp the beach is different, so it's important to feel it from there. First of all, on the beach is a common expression. For example, if you're walking on the beach, it's walk on the beach. I think it's easy to imagine being on the beach. So if you say I live on the beach, you're building a house on the beach and living on the beach. That's a beach. I see. But if you say I live at the beach, it's zero-dimensional. The beach itself becomes a point, so you don't have to worry about the details. If you translate it into Japanese, you can say that you live around the beach. So the feet may not be on the beach. I see. If you say I live on the beach, the feet are on the beach. But you don't have to be on the beach. And if the beach is in front of you, you can say I live at the beach. So imagine that you live on the beach. That's live at the beach. It's a one-minute walk to the beach. So you can use both in, on, and at. So you don't have to memorize it. And I said earlier that I can't recommend Zenji's illustrations. This is what you can't understand just by looking at the illustrations. You might think it's easy to understand or understand just by looking at the illustrations, but you can't be fooled. The way you recognize it is different in the first place. There is an image of a picture based on recognition. So even if you're suddenly shown a picture, you don't know how to recognize it. That's why English doesn't fall into the category of being able to understand properly. In addition, I think there are many suspicious cases where the person who draws the illustration is able to recognize it properly. And there is a possibility that the person is drawing an image of something. So I want the teacher who draws the illustration to watch this video and understand it from this point on. So in this video, I explained about Zenji's in, on, and at. I think you can see that the way you recognize it is different in the first place. Now that you've understood the basics, I want you to try a lot of English sentences next time. It's reckless to use it correctly all of a sudden. First of all, it's important to taste it. When you touch on a lot of English sentences, you can say, Oh, this is good, so I feel a sense of space in the third dimension. This is zero dimension. I want you to taste the world of English like that. Then, the eyes of the English sense in you will gradually grow. The world of Zenji's image is very deep and interesting. Please enjoy it. When you realize that you are enjoying it a lot, you will be able to understand English more deeply than you do now. Thank you very much. In, on, and at. It was very confusing, but I think I was able to understand it many times more than I just understood it in the picture. In is a three-dimensional space. On is a two-dimensional plane. At is important to capture it in a zero-dimensional point. I feel like my English has improved a lot today. Please enjoy it. I'll enjoy it. I would like to enjoy a lot of expressions of Zenji. Thank you very much. See you in the next video. English Doctor Nishizawa Roy. See ya.