Breakdown of namagomi wo soto ni dasimasu.
Questions & Answers about namagomi wo soto ni dasimasu.
How do you read this sentence?
It is read:
なまごみ を そと に だします。
Word by word:
- 生ごみ(なまごみ) = kitchen waste / food scraps / wet garbage
- 外(そと) = outside
- 出します(だします) = put out / take out
What does 生ごみ mean exactly?
生ごみ usually means kitchen garbage, especially food waste such as vegetable peels, leftovers, and other wet household trash.
The 生(なま) here has the sense of raw or fresh/wet, so this is not just any garbage. It specifically refers to the kind of trash that comes from food and cooking.
Why is を used after 生ごみ?
を marks the direct object of the verb.
In this sentence, 生ごみ is the thing being taken or put out, so it gets を:
- 生ごみを出します = put out/take out the kitchen garbage
A good way to think of it is:
- What is being put out? → 生ごみ
Why is に used after 外?
に marks the destination or target location of movement.
Here, the garbage is being moved to outside, so Japanese uses 外に:
- 外に出します = put it outside / take it outside
So the structure is basically:
- [thing] を [destination] に 出します
In this sentence:
- 生ごみ = the thing
- 外 = the destination
What does 出します mean here? Does it mean exit?
Here, 出します does not mean that the garbage exits by itself. It means someone puts it out or takes it out.
The verb 出す(だす) is a very common verb with a broad meaning: to take out, put out, bring out, send out, submit, serve, etc. The exact meaning depends on context.
In this sentence, 生ごみを外に出します means:
- take the kitchen garbage outside
- put the kitchen garbage out
Why use 出します instead of 捨てます?
Good question. These are similar, but not the same.
- 出します = put out / take out
- 捨てます = throw away / discard
So:
- 生ごみを外に出します focuses on moving the garbage outside
- 生ごみを捨てます focuses on throwing it away
In real life, putting out the garbage is often the natural meaning, especially when talking about taking trash to the collection point.
What is the subject of the sentence? Who is doing the action?
The subject is omitted, which is very normal in Japanese.
Depending on context, it could mean:
- I take out the kitchen garbage
- We take out the kitchen garbage
- Someone takes out the kitchen garbage
Japanese often leaves out subjects when they are already understood from the situation.
What tense is 出します?
出します is the polite non-past form.
Non-past in Japanese can mean:
- present/habitual: I take out the garbage
- future: I will take out the garbage
So without more context, it could describe:
- a routine action
- an upcoming action
Is 出します transitive or intransitive?
出します is transitive here, because it takes a direct object marked by を:
- 生ごみを出します
Its intransitive partner is 出ます(でます), meaning to go out / come out / leave.
Compare:
- 生ごみを外に出します。 = I put the garbage outside.
- 外に出ます。 = I go outside.
So:
- 出す = to put/take something out
- 出る = to go out / something comes out
Does 外に always literally mean outside?
Usually yes, but the exact nuance depends on context.
In this sentence, 外に most naturally means outside the house/apartment/building, or to the usual place where trash is put for collection.
So the sentence does not necessarily mean far away outdoors. It could simply mean:
- outside the room
- outside the house
- out to the garbage collection area
Why are there spaces between the words?
The spaces are just for learners. Normal Japanese writing usually does not put spaces between words.
So a normal written version is:
生ごみを外に出します。
The meaning is exactly the same.
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