ただ日本語に訳しても分からない！実は難しい現在形を超分かりやすく解説します！

Even if you translate the present tense into Japanese, you won't be able to understand it. There's one fundamental point missing. Hello everyone! I'm Nishizawa Roy, an English doctor. In this channel, we teach you about the most common way to learn English, which is to change difficult English into easy English. Mr. Roy, you talked about the introduction of the present tense. Could you tell us about the present tense again? I understand. If you look up the present tense, you'll find a lot of different ways to explain it. For example, the present tense, the habit of repeating what happens, the unchanging truth, and the future. It's good to be able to divide it into these patterns, but there's one fundamental point missing. In another video, we talked about the introduction of the present tense. If you suddenly say, the present tense of English is like this, you'll end up talking about the present tense all the time. And because you don't think about the sense of Japanese, you can't understand it well. Based on that, in this video, I'd like to explain the present tense of English in the English doctor style. I think this kind of conversation came out in junior high school English. Do you play tennis? Yes, I do. Can you understand this properly, Tony? I think I can. For example, this part called I do. This do is called a verb, and it's a verb that you use instead of repeating the verb play. Oh, I see. In short, yes, I do means yes, I play tennis. What does I play tennis mean, Tony? What? I play tennis. That's just what you translated into Japanese, right? Yes. If you say I play tennis in Japanese, it means you're going to do it from now on. Yes. When do you play this I play tennis? How much do you play? What does it mean? You can't understand the present tense in Japanese. One fundamental point is missing. What that means is that the present tense represents the present fact. Oh, the present fact. In English verbs, there are the present tense and the past tense. The present tense represents the present fact, and the past tense represents the past fact. Oh, I see. In short, I play tennis means I play tennis is a fact. That's what it means. So in the case of the present tense, if you think of it as a fact, or if you think of it as something you usually do, it will be much easier to understand. So I think it's easy to understand if you think of the previous I play tennis as something you usually do. In the same way, for example, I go to high school. If you translate this into Japanese, it will be I go to high school. I usually go to high school. Try to think of it like that. Then it means I go to high school. If you think of this in terms of patterns, it can be difficult. The present tense is easy to explain as a habit of repeating. If you think of it as going to school, I don't think you need a pattern or explanation. I see. Also, it represents the present fact, but there is a difference depending on the meaning of each verb. For example, I go to high school. It feels like I'm going to school again and again. I live in Japan. It's like I'm living in the present state. And I think so. I think so. I'm doing that now. I'm thinking about it now. After all, what I want to say is Do you need a pattern or explanation? I think you can understand it naturally. I think I can understand it. For example, in the present tense, it is said that it represents an unchanging truth. As an example sentence, The earth goes around the sun. This is also a simple present fact. Yes, it's a fact. One more thing. The present tense also represents the future. But here, If you are told that the present tense also represents the future, Don't you think, why? Yes, I think so. I can't explain it like that. For example, today is Sunday. What day is the next day, Tony? It's Monday. If you say this in English, Tomorrow is Monday. I'm talking about the future in the present tense. Oh, that's right. Tomorrow. But this is just a fact. I'm not saying it's the future. Yes, I don't think it's the future. That's why it's the present tense. Oh, I see. I think it's the present fact, so I just use the present tense. I see. And one more thing. There is an interesting way to use the present tense linguistically. Yes. In Japanese, when you comment, you say, 〇〇しました. For example, in baseball, 〇〇投げました. 〇〇打ちました. Like that. Yes, I say that. What kind of Japanese is this? Past tense? Present tense? Oh, I've never thought about it. Well, it's okay if you don't understand it well. In English, we use the present tense here. Oh, I see. The pitcher throws the first ball, and the batter hits. We use the present tense like that. Oh, I see. Actually, it's a more familiar English. I think I'll say it because I'm a native speaker. The important thing is to use the present tense. I see. In Japanese, you say, 〇〇しました. The past tense of English has an image of the past that has been cut off from the present. So I don't use it much for what's happening in front of me. And it's a fact that's happening in front of me, so I use the present tense as it is. I'd like you to think about it that way. And there's a 〇〇. It's like 〇〇 in the script. For example, Taro opens the door. But there's no one there. Something like that. We use the present tense in Japanese, but we use the present tense in English as well. It conveys the situation as if it were a fact. So about the present tense, in the general English way of thinking in the world, there are various patterns. That's how it's explained. For me, it's more simple. The present tense represents the present fact. I think that's enough. The present tense is not divided into patterns. It's very easy to understand if you take the present fact into account. I like baseball, so I thought I'd listen to the baseball commentary on the Major League Baseball. I learned a lot today. Thank you. Thank you for watching the video until the end. If you found this video useful, please subscribe, rate, and comment. I'd be happy if you could tell me your thoughts on the present tense in the comments section. Please feel free to write them in. See you in the next video. This was English Doctor Nishizawa Roy. See ya!