Lesson 126: に関して・に対して

N3 · Lesson 126 · 18 min — About ~ (formal), toward ~ (the target), in contrast to ~ (contrast): three phrases from the neighborhood meeting

Last lesson you learned によって・によって違ちがう, and Rin's guiding is getting better and better. This lesson has three phrases you often hear in notices and briefings. Follow Rin to the neighborhood meeting and hear what everyone is talking about. Comic first!

After this lesson, you can:

Neighborhood Rumors

The guiding is going smoothly. Then Mr. Kuma calls Rin to the neighborhood association, where everyone is whispering about one thing. (町内会ちょうないかい = neighborhood association, うわさ = rumor, 区く = ward office, 知しらされる = to be informed)

に関かんして = about, に対たいして = toward, のに対たいして = in contrast. Next lesson: Mr. Kuma tells Rin what this shop means to him.

This lesson's words: the neighborhood association and the road plan

Grammar 1 / 3: に関かんして・に関かんする

Noun + に関かんして = about ~ (the formal version of について). Before a noun, it becomes に関かんする.

Grammar 2 / 3: に対たいして・に対たいする

Noun + に対たいして = toward ~: what follows is an answer, attitude or feeling aimed at that target. Before a noun, it becomes に対たいする.

Grammar 3 / 3: のに対たいして (contrast)

A のに対たいして、B = A is like this; in contrast, B is like that: a calm comparison of two sides. Na-adjectives and nouns need な.