Breakdown of ame desu kara, haha ni eki made mukae ni kite moraimasu.
Questions & Answers about ame desu kara, haha ni eki made mukae ni kite moraimasu.
Why is it 雨ですから instead of just 雨から?
Because から meaning because / since attaches to a complete predicate.
- 雨 is a noun.
- Nouns need です to make a full statement in polite Japanese.
- So 雨です = It is rain / It is rainy / It is raining in context.
- Then から is added: 雨ですから = Because it’s raining
In casual speech, this would often become 雨だから.
For comparison:
- 寒いから = because it’s cold
- no です is needed here, because 寒い is already a complete い-adjective
How can 雨です mean it’s raining? Isn’t 雨 just rain?
Yes, 雨 literally means rain, but Japanese often uses weather words in a very compact way.
So:
- 雨です can mean It is rain
- In natural English, that usually becomes It’s raining or It’s rainy
Japanese often leaves out words that English would require, like it is or a progressive form like raining. The meaning comes from context.
What does 母に mean here, and why is the particle に used?
Here, に marks the person who performs the action in the pattern V-て もらう.
So:
- 母に = by/from my mother
- 母に迎えに来てもらいます = I’ll have my mother come pick me up / I’ll ask my mother to come pick me up
In this pattern:
- the speaker is the one who benefits
- に marks the person doing the favor
So 母に does not mean to mother in the usual English sense. It marks the person I’m receiving the action from.
What does V-て もらいます mean in this sentence?
V-て もらう means to receive the favor of someone doing something.
So:
- 来てもらいます literally = I receive someone’s coming
- natural English = I’ll have someone come / I’ll ask someone to come
In this sentence:
- 母に駅まで迎えに来てもらいます
- literally: I will receive my mother’s coming to the station to pick me up
- naturally: I’ll have my mother come pick me up at the station
This grammar often implies:
- the action is helpful to the speaker
- the speaker arranged or requested it
Why is it 来てもらいます and not 来ますもらいます or 来るもらいます?
Because もらう attaches to the て-form of the verb before it.
So the pattern is:
- 来る → 来て
- 来て + もらいます
This is the standard grammar:
- 読んでもらう = have someone read
- 手伝ってもらう = have someone help
- 迎えに来てもらう = have someone come pick you up
So 来て is not random; it is required by the V-て もらう pattern.
What is 迎えに来る? Why is 迎え separated from 来る?
This is a very common structure:
- verb stem + に
- 行く / 来る
It means go/come in order to do something.
Here:
- 迎える = to meet / to pick up
- verb stem = 迎え
- 迎えに来る = come to pick someone up
So the sentence contains:
- 駅まで迎えに来て = come to the station to pick me up
Other examples:
- 食べに行く = go to eat
- 見に来る = come to see
- 買いに行く = go to buy
Why is it 来る and not 行く? Isn’t the mother going to the station?
This is about point of view.
Japanese chooses 来る or 行く based on the speaker’s reference point.
- 来る = come toward the speaker or the relevant location
- 行く = go away from that reference point
In this sentence, the station is treated as the place where the speaker will be, so from the speaker’s perspective the mother is coming there.
So:
- 迎えに来る = come pick me up
If you described the situation from the mother’s side, 迎えに行く might be used instead.
This is one of those places where Japanese and English don’t always match word-for-word.
What does 駅まで mean here?
まで means up to / as far as / to.
So:
- 駅まで = to the station / as far as the station
In this sentence, it marks the destination or endpoint of the mother’s coming.
So:
- 駅まで迎えに来る = come to the station to pick me up
In natural English, this may simply become pick me up at the station, even though Japanese uses まで.
Who is being picked up? I don’t see me anywhere in the sentence.
The person being picked up is omitted because it is understood from context.
In Japanese, obvious information is often left out.
Here, もらいます strongly suggests that the action benefits the speaker, so the understood meaning is usually:
- my mother will come pick me up
If you wanted to state it explicitly, you could say something like:
- 私を駅まで迎えに来てもらいます
But in normal Japanese, that would often be unnecessary.
Why does it say 母 and not お母さん?
When talking to other people about your own mother, Japanese usually uses 母.
- 母 = my mother, in a plain/humble way
- お母さん = mother / mom, often used when addressing your mother directly or referring to someone else’s mother politely
So in this sentence, 母 is the natural choice because the speaker is talking about their own mother to someone else.
What tense is もらいます here?
もらいます is polite non-past.
In Japanese, non-past can mean:
- present
- future
Here, because the action has not happened yet, it is understood as future:
- I will have my mother come pick me up
If it were past:
- 来てもらいました = I had my mother come pick me up / My mother came and picked me up for me
Is this sentence polite?
Yes. It is in polite です/ます style.
You can see that in:
- です
- もらいます
A more casual version would be:
- 雨だから、母に駅まで迎えに来てもらう。
So the original sentence is appropriate in polite conversation or standard textbook Japanese.
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