ninsin ni tuite isya ni soudansita.

Questions & Answers about ninsin ni tuite isya ni soudansita.

How do you read this sentence?

It is read:

にんしん について いしゃ に そうだんした

In normal Japanese writing, it would usually appear without spaces:

妊娠について医者に相談した。

What does について mean here?

について means about, concerning, or regarding.

So 妊娠について means about pregnancy.

It attaches to a noun:

  • 妊娠について
  • 仕事について
  • 日本文化について

It is a very common pattern for introducing a topic.

Why are there two に particles in the sentence?

They are doing two different jobs.

  • The first に is part of the fixed expression について
  • The second に marks the person you consulted: 医者に

So the structure is:

X について Y に 相談する
= consult Y about X

Here:

  • X = 妊娠
  • Y = 医者
Why is it 妊娠について instead of 妊娠を?

Because this sentence uses the pattern Xについて相談する, which is a very natural way to say consult about X.

With 相談する, Japanese often expresses the topic of consultation with:

  • ~について
  • ~のことを
  • sometimes ~を, depending on the noun and context

For this sentence, 妊娠について sounds very standard and clear.

A learner-friendly way to remember it is:

topic + について + person + に + 相談する

What exactly is 相談した?

相談した is the plain past form of 相談する.

  • dictionary form: 相談する = to consult, to discuss
  • past plain form: 相談した = consulted, discussed

相談 itself is a noun, and する turns it into a verb. This is a very common pattern in Japanese:

  • 勉強する = to study
  • 電話する = to call
  • 相談する = to consult

If you want the polite form, it becomes:

相談しました

Why is there no subject like I or she in the sentence?

Because Japanese often leaves out the subject when it is understood from context.

So this sentence could mean:

  • I consulted a doctor about the pregnancy
  • She consulted a doctor about the pregnancy
  • We consulted a doctor about the pregnancy

The listener usually figures out the subject from the surrounding conversation.

This is very normal in Japanese.

Why is it 医者に相談した and not 医者と相談した?

医者に相談した is the standard way to say consulted a doctor.

Here, に marks the person you go to for advice.

と相談する can also exist, but it feels more like:

  • discussing something together with someone
  • consulting with someone in a more mutual sense

For a basic sentence like this, 医者に相談した is the most natural choice.

Can the word order be changed?

Yes, Japanese word order is fairly flexible as long as the particles stay attached to the right words.

These are all possible:

  • 妊娠について医者に相談した。
  • 医者に妊娠について相談した。

Both are understandable.

That said, 妊娠について医者に相談した is a very natural ordering, because it presents the topic first and then the person consulted.

Is 妊娠 a noun here?

Yes. In this sentence, 妊娠 is a noun meaning pregnancy.

It can also be used in the verb expression:

妊娠する = to become pregnant

So:

  • 妊娠 = pregnancy
  • 妊娠する = become pregnant

In 妊娠について, it is clearly being used as a noun.

Is 医者 the only word you can use here for doctor?

No. 医者 is a normal word for doctor, but in real life Japanese often uses 先生 when speaking to or about a doctor in a respectful everyday way.

For example:

  • 先生に相談した
  • 産婦人科の先生に相談した

Still, 医者に相談した is grammatically correct and easy to understand.

Why are there spaces between the words?

Those spaces are just for readability, often in teaching materials.

Normal Japanese writing usually does not use spaces between words, so the standard written form is:

妊娠について医者に相談した。

Learners often see spaces at first because they make the sentence structure easier to notice.

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