Don't lean out too far with 〜と
Grammar Explanation: Natural result with 〜と
Yotsuba and her father are driving to their new home. As they pass a school letting out, Yotsuba waves to a student.
- 父さん:
- 「あんまりのり出すと危ないぞ」
- “It's dangerous to lean out too far.”
- Literal: “If you lean out too far, it's dangerous.”
Key Points
1あんまり乗り出す means “leaning out too far”
- あんまり appears in many negative sentences with the meaning “not very”. Here, it modifies 乗り出す and means “too much”.
- 乗る (“to get on/ride”) combines with 出す (“to put out”), giving 乗り出す the sense of leaning or sticking one’s body out.
2〜と危ない presents danger as the result
- と links leaning out too far to danger as a natural consequence.
- Yotsuba’s father is warning her, but the grammar is not a request. と cannot express the speaker’s will, so the line presents danger as the result if she leans out.
3ぞ adds force to the warning
- ぞ is a sentence-final particle common in casual, masculine speech.
- It makes the warning sound blunt and familiar, like “that’s dangerous, you know!”
See Also
- Grammar: Natural result with 〜と
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