Breakdown of tosyokan de ookina koe wo dasite ha ikemasen.
Questions & Answers about tosyokan de ookina koe wo dasite ha ikemasen.
Why is で used after 図書館?
で marks the place where an action happens.
- 図書館で = in/at the library (where the action takes place)
Here, the action is 声を出す (to make/use a voice, in this context to speak loudly / make loud noise), so で is the natural particle.
Compare:
- 図書館で勉強します = I study at the library
- 図書館に行きます = I go to the library
So:
- に often marks destination
- で often marks location of an action
Why is it 大きな声 and not 大きい声?
Both 大きな声 and 大きい声 are possible, but they are used a little differently.
So:
- 大きい声 = a loud voice
- 大きな声 = a loud voice
In many cases, both sound natural. 大きな can sometimes feel a bit more descriptive or stylistic, but for learners, the important point is:
- 大きな + noun
- 大きい can be used both before a noun and at the end of a sentence:
- 大きい声
- 声が大きい
But 大きな cannot end the sentence by itself:
- natural: 大きいです
- not natural: 大きなです
What does 声を出す literally mean?
Literally, 声を出す means to put out / produce a voice.
Breakdown:
- 声 = voice
- を = marks the direct object
- 出す = to put out, take out, produce
So 声を出す means:
- to speak
- to raise one’s voice
- to make a sound with one’s voice
In this sentence, because of 大きな, it means something like:
- to speak in a loud voice
- to make loud vocal noise
This is a very common Japanese expression.
Why is を used after 声?
Because 声 is the direct object of 出す.
In 声を出す, the thing being produced is the voice, so it takes を.
This is similar to other verb-object combinations:
- 音を出す = to make a sound
- 結果を出す = to produce results
- ゴミを出す = to put out the trash
So 声を出す is a set phrase where 声 naturally takes を.
What does 出してはいけません mean grammatically?
This is a very common grammar pattern for prohibition:
- て-form + はいけません = must not ... / may not ...
So:
- 出して = the て-form of 出す
- はいけません = it is not allowed / it won’t do
Together:
- 出してはいけません = you must not produce/use...
- here: you must not speak in a loud voice
This pattern is very important:
- ここで食べてはいけません = You must not eat here.
- 入ってはいけません = You must not enter.
- 話してはいけません = You must not talk.
Why is there a は after the て-form?
In てはいけません, the は is part of the fixed grammar pattern.
The full pattern is:
- verb-て + は + いけません
Examples:
- 食べてはいけません
- 見てはいけません
- 入ってはいけません
Historically and grammatically, the は adds contrast/emphasis, but for learners it is best to treat てはいけません as one set pattern meaning must not do.
In casual speech, ては is often pronounced:
- ちゃ after -te
- じゃ after -de
For example:
- 食べてはいけません → casual contraction: 食べちゃいけない
- 読んではいけません → 読んじゃいけない
Why is the verb in the て-form instead of plain 出す?
Because the prohibition pattern requires the て-form:
- verb-てはいけません
So the dictionary form 出す changes to 出して.
Conjugation:
- 出す → 出して
Then add the pattern:
- 出してはいけません
You cannot say:
- 声を出すはいけません ❌
because はいけません does not attach directly to the dictionary form like that.
Could this sentence also be said as 図書館で大きな声で話してはいけません?
Yes, that is also natural.
Compare the two:
- 大きな声を出してはいけません
- 大きな声で話してはいけません
The second one is more explicitly do not speak in a loud voice because it uses 話す (to speak).
The original sentence, 声を出す, is slightly broader and can suggest making loud vocal noise in general, not just conversational speech.
So:
- 大きな声で話す = to speak loudly
- 大きな声を出す = to raise one’s voice / make loud vocal noise
Both are natural in the context of a library.
What is the role of 大きな in this sentence? Is it modifying 出して?
Is いけません the same as だめです?
They are similar, but not exactly the same in tone.
- てはいけません = must not; not allowed
- てはだめです = you must not; don’t do that
Both can often be translated the same way.
Examples:
- 入ってはいけません
- 入ってはだめです
Differences:
- いけません can sound a bit more formal or rule-like
- だめです can sound a bit more conversational
In signs, instructions, schools, and polite rules, いけません is very common.
There is also:
- てはなりません
This sounds even more formal or stiff.
Is this sentence a general rule, or is it speaking directly to you?
It is usually understood as a general rule or instruction, but in practice it applies to the listener/reader.
Japanese often leaves out the subject, especially in rules and signs.
So instead of saying:
- あなたは図書館で大きな声を出してはいけません
Japanese simply says:
- 図書館で大きな声を出してはいけません
This sounds more natural. It means something like:
- One must not speak loudly in the library
- You must not speak loudly in the library
depending on context.
What is the basic word order of this sentence?
The basic order is:
- place + で
- object + を
- verb
- grammar ending
So:
- 図書館で = in the library
- 大きな声を = a loud voice
- 出してはいけません = must not produce/use
Japanese usually puts the main verb at the end, so the sentence builds up to the prohibition.
A rough literal order in English would be:
- In the library, a loud voice, you must not produce
That sounds unnatural in English, but it shows the Japanese structure well.
Can 図書館 be read as としょかん?
Yes.
- 図書館 = としょかん = library
Full reading of the sentence:
- としょかん で おおきな こえ を だして は いけません。
A natural spoken flow would be:
- としょかんで おおきなこえを だしてはいけません。
In normal speech, the spaces are not actually present; they are just there to help learners read the sentence.
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