とおい vs. とおく: You’d Be Clear The Way to Use Them!

2020年9月28日2022年8月21日

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とおい vs. とおく: You’d Be Clear The Way to Use Them!

What is the difference between “遠とおい(tōi) vs. 遠とおく(tōku)”? Do you know the way to use them? After reading this, you would be answering this question. Let me introduce what their subtle differences are and how you correctly use them such as native speakers today!

遠とおい (tōi) / 遠とおく (tōku)

Far / 很远的, 遥远 / 먼, 멀리 / xa, xa

“遠とおい(tōi) and 遠とおく(tōku)” mean “Far” and which has been used as the meaning of “the direction that is between north and east”. However, “遠とおい” is an adjective and “遠とおく” is a noun, so the way to use them is different from each other. The basic way to use it is “___は遠とおい場所ばしょにある。(___ is far.)”, “___は遠とおくにある。(___ is far.)”, and etc. For instance, “ここから遠とおい場所ばしょに住すんでる。(I live far from here.)”, “ここから遠とおくに住すんでる。(I live far from here.)” etc. The tips for using them are that “遠とおい” is an ADJECTIVE so, you could say “遠とおい国くに(a far country)”, “遠とおい場所ばしょ(a far place)”, etc, thus you wouldn’t say “遠とおく国くに” and “遠とおく場所ばしょ” which are wrong. Whereas “遠とおい” is a noun, so you could say “どこか遠とおくに/へ行いきたい。(I wanna go somewhere far away.)”, 遠とおくが見みくえる。(I can see far.)”, etc. Everybody could use these both in daily conversations as casual and in business situations as formal, such as “I live far from here.(ここから遠とおい場所ばしょに住すんでるよ。” or “ここから遠とおくに住すんでるよ。)” as casual and “I live far from here.(ここから遠とおい場所ばしょに住すんでいます。” or “ここから遠とおくに住すんでいます。)” as polite and lastly, “I live far from here.(ここから遠とおい場所ばしょに住すんでおります。” or “ここから遠とおくに住すんでおります。)” as formal. Additionally, when native speakers got surprised at something so far, they tend to use “遠とおっ！” in daily conversations as casual and even adults use it. After hearing the distance which was so far than you thought, you could use it.

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Sample

yuka

ここから遠とおい場所ばしょに住すんでるよ。 (I live far from here.) (我住在离这里很远的地方。) (여기에서 먼 곳에 살고 있어.) (Tôi đang sống ở một nơi rất xa chỗ này.) (koko kara tōi basho ni sunderu yo.)

tatsuya

そこはここから遠とおいですか？ (Is that place a long way from here?) (那里离这儿远吗？) (거기는 여기에서 멉니까?) (Chỗ đó có xa đây không?) (soko wa koko kara tōi desu ka?)

yuka

えー！遠とおっ！ (Whoah, that’s far!) (呃！好远！) (으아! 진짜 멀다!) (Ừ…!Xa!) (e-! tō!)

tatsuya

この辺へんはバス停ていから少すこし遠とおいよ。 (This area is a bit far from a bus station.) (这里距离巴士站有点远。) (이 근처는 버스정류장에서부터 조금 멀어요.) (Khu này hơi xa bến xe buýt đấy.) (kono hen wa basutei kara sukoshi tōi yo.)

yuka

遠とおくから来きてくれてありがとう！ (Thank you for coming all the way!) (谢谢你远道而来！) (멀리서 와 주셔서 감사합니다!) (Cảm ơn bạn đã từ xa đến đây!) (tōku kara kite kurete arigatō!)

tatsuya

どこか遠とおくに行いきたいなー。 (I wanna go somewhere far away.) (我想去个遥远的地方。) (어딘가 멀리 가고 싶구나.) (Muốn đi đâu đó xa xa nhỉ.) (doko ka tōku ni ikitai na-.)

yuka

遠とおくにいる人ひとでも、スカイプで簡単かんたんにコミュニケーションがとれるね。 (We can easily communicate with someone far away by using Skype, can’t we?) (远方的人也可以轻松地通过Skype来交流。) (멀리 있는 사람도 스카이프로 쉽게 커뮤니케이션이 이루어지는 군요.) (Dù là những người ở xa đi chăng nữa cũng có thể dễ dàng liên lạc với nhau nhờ Skype nhỉ.) (tōku ni iru hito demo, sukaipu de kantan ni komyunikēshon ga toreru ne.)

tatsuya

遠とおくはよく見みえるのに、近ちかくが見みえません。 (I can see far but not close.) (我可以看得远，但我看不到近的东西。) (멀리 있는 것은 잘 보이는 데, 가까이 있는 것은 보이지 않습니다.) (Tôi có thể nhìn xa rất rõ, vậy mà ở gần thì lại không nhìn được.) (tōku wa yoku mieru no ni, chikaku ga mie masen.)