Breakdown of atarasii heya ni au kagu wo sukosizutu kau tumori desu.
Questions & Answers about atarasii heya ni au kagu wo sukosizutu kau tumori desu.
Why does 新しい come before 部屋?
Because 新しい is an i-adjective, and in Japanese, adjectives usually come directly before the noun they modify.
So:
- 新しい部屋 = a new room
This works much like English in this case.
Why is the particle に used after 部屋 in 部屋に合う?
With the verb 合う, the thing that something matches, fits, or suits is often marked with に.
So:
- 部屋に合う = to match the room
- more literally: to suit the room
This may feel different from English, because English often uses match with a direct object, but Japanese commonly uses に here.
What does 合う mean in this sentence?
Here, 合う means something like:
- to match
- to suit
- to fit well with
So 部屋に合う家具 means:
- furniture that matches the room
- furniture that suits the room
It does not mean physically fitting inside the room in a strict size sense only, though it can sometimes have that kind of nuance depending on context. Here it most naturally means matching the style, feeling, or look of the new room.
Why is 合う placed before 家具?
Because Japanese uses a relative clause before the noun it modifies.
So:
- 部屋に合う家具 = furniture that matches the room
In English, the noun comes first and the descriptive clause comes after it:
- furniture that matches the room
In Japanese, the whole descriptive part comes first:
- [部屋に合う] 家具
This is a very common Japanese structure.
Why is there no word like that in 部屋に合う家具?
What does 少しずつ mean, and why not just 少し?
少しずつ means:
- little by little
- bit by bit
- gradually
- in small amounts at a time
So it suggests buying the furniture over time, not all at once.
By contrast, 少し by itself usually just means:
- a little
- a small amount
So:
- 少し買う = buy a little
- 少しずつ買う = buy little by little
The ずつ adds the idea of repeated small amounts.
Why is 買う in plain form instead of 買います?
Because つもりです attaches to the dictionary/plain form of the verb.
So the correct pattern is:
- 買うつもりです = intend to buy / plan to buy
Not:
- 買いますつもりです ❌
This is a standard grammar pattern:
- verb plain form + つもりです
Examples:
- 行くつもりです = I intend to go
- 勉強するつもりです = I intend to study
What does つもりです mean exactly?
Why is the sentence polite even though 合う and 買う are not in polite form?
Because the sentence ends with です, and in Japanese, the final part of the sentence often determines the politeness level.
Here:
- 合う is inside a modifying clause
- 買う is part of the grammar pattern 買うつもりです
So even though those verbs are plain form, the overall sentence is polite because it ends with つもりです.
This is very normal in Japanese.
Where is the subject? How do we know who plans to buy the furniture?
The subject is omitted, which is extremely common in Japanese.
So the sentence could mean:
- I plan to buy...
- We plan to buy...
- sometimes even They plan to buy...
depending on context.
In many everyday situations, if someone says this by itself, the most natural assumption is:
- I plan to buy furniture little by little that matches the new room.
Japanese often leaves out information that is already understood.
Why is 家具 marked with を?
Because 家具 is the direct object of 買う.
So:
- 家具を買う = buy furniture
Even though 家具 is modified by the clause 新しい部屋に合う, it is still the thing being bought, so it takes を.
Structure:
- [新しい部屋に合う] 家具 を 買う
- buy [furniture that matches the new room]
Is 新しい modifying 部屋 or 家具?
It modifies 部屋, not 家具.
So the structure is:
- 新しい部屋 = new room
- 新しい部屋に合う家具 = furniture that matches the new room
If you wanted to say new furniture, you would say:
- 新しい家具
So this sentence is about furniture for a new room, not necessarily new furniture.
What is the overall structure of the sentence?
A helpful breakdown is:
- 新しい部屋に合う = that matches the new room
- 家具を = furniture
- 少しずつ = little by little
- 買うつもりです = intend to buy
So the sentence structure is:
- [新しい部屋に合う] 家具を 少しずつ 買うつもりです。
Or more literally:
- As for furniture that matches the new room, I intend to buy it little by little.
This kind of noun-modifying clause is one of the most important patterns in Japanese.
Could the word order be changed?
Yes, to some extent. Japanese word order is more flexible than English, especially with adverbs like 少しずつ.
For example, these are both natural:
- 新しい部屋に合う家具を少しずつ買うつもりです。
- 新しい部屋に合う家具を買うつもりです、少しずつ。
(possible, but less neutral in ordinary written form)
The most standard order here is the original one, with 少しずつ placed before 買う because it modifies the action of buying.
So the given sentence is the most natural neutral version.
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