Leaving the futon out with 〜っぱなし
Grammar Explanation: Leaving something as-is with 〜っぱなし
Yotsuba invites her neighbors over for coffee. She first gives the three a tour of the house, leading up to the kitchen.
- 風香:
- 「洗い物がたまってるのが気になる…」
- “It bothers me that these dishes are piled up...”
- Literal: “It bothers me that the washing-up is piling up...”
- あさぎ:
- 「私は廊下のスミにホコリがたまってるのが気になる」
- “What bothers me is the dust built up in the hallway.”
- Literal: “I am bothered by the dust piling up in the corner of the hallway.”
- 恵那:
- 「おふとんだしっぱなしが気になる」
- “It bothers me that the futon is left laying out.”
- Literal: “I am bothered by the futon being left put out.”
Key Points
1出しっぱなし means left out
- だしっぱなし describes the futon being taken out and then left that way.
- The concern is the lingering messy state, not who put it there.
2Each speaker uses 気になる for what bothers them
- 気になる repeats across the scene as each visitor notices a different mess.
3The noun phrase works as the subject
- おふとんだしっぱなしが気になる treats “the futon being left out” as what bothers her.
Vocabulary
私 (I)
私 means “I” or “me”. It is the standard first-person pronoun in polite speech and is also common in casual speech among women.
廊下 (Hallway)
廊下 means a corridor or hallway connecting rooms in a building.
See Also
- Grammar: Leaving something as-is with 〜っぱなし
- Grammar: Marking the subject with が
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Kanji: Below and lowering with 下
- Kanji: Privacy and self with 私
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