【イメージで理解！】前置詞 to/for の違いについて英語のプロが解説します！

In the case of For Tokyo, it's just the front, so it doesn't matter if it's narrow. Hello, everyone. I'm Roy Nishizawa, an English doctor. In this channel, I teach you about an informal learning method that makes difficult English easy to understand. Mr. Roy, I'd like you to tell me about the difference between two and four in the preface. I see. I'll explain in detail how two Tokyo and four Tokyo have different meanings in terms of buses and trains. This time, I'd like to explain the difference between two and four in the English doctor's style. First of all, the basic image of the preface is an arrow. I'm sure you all know how to say where to go. For example, go to New York. The word itself means to move, and the destination is represented by the arrow. So this preface is very compatible with the verb to move. For example, it also appears in the explanation of take. Take my camera to the park. This means to take the camera, but the destination is the park. In addition, when you use send, send a letter to John. When you say give, I gave it to Cathy. This means the destination of the gift. First of all, this is the basic. The arrow represents two. By the way, sometimes the arrow is facing both directions. For example, when you talk to the face, you say talk face to face. This means that the two faces are facing each other. In addition, when you dance to the music, you say dance to the music. This also means that the dancer and the music are facing each other. Next, let's move on to for. For is like a vague direction when explained in words. It's very similar to the Japanese word for something. After all, everyone is already good at Japanese, so it is important to make good use of that feeling. For example, a present for you is a present for you. This for can be translated as for something. If you look up the use of for, you will find another example of a purpose. It's good for your health. This is also translated into the same Japanese as for something. It represents a purpose. In addition, not only the purpose, but also the reason and cause. It's written in the grammar book like that. What do you think, Tony? Not only the purpose, but also the reason? Don't you think it's something? When I hear the explanation, I tend to think so. If you are logical, you may think that the purpose is what is first, but the reason and cause are what are based on. Everyone misunderstands that for is difficult. Did you think it was difficult? It's a misunderstanding. Yes, it's a complete misunderstanding. Because the Japanese word for something is also used to say the reason and cause. Is that so? For example, I take a break for the cold. This is the reason and cause. So even in Japanese, the same usage is already done. It's hard to hear because it's analyzed strangely. So, the Japanese word for something and the form of for are quite similar. If you want to express this for with an illustration, I said that the for to is an arrow earlier. For is a line that spreads like this. I draw with this. It's a vague direction. For example, imagine that you are in a bus stop in Kansai. It says TO TOKYO on the bus stop. There is another bus stop and it says FOR TOKYO. What does each mean? I want the viewers to think about it. Using the arrow to, TO TOKYO. And using the vague direction for, FOR TOKYO. What does it mean? Let's start with ZENCHITU. I've said it many times, but TO is an arrow. It's often used to express the destination. So TO TOKYO is like TOKYO YUKI. On the other hand, if you use FOR TOKYO to express a vague direction, you can say it's close to TOKYO HOUMEN YUKI. It becomes HOUMEN. Where does the bus stop in Kansai, TOKYO HOUMEN YUKI, come from? First of all, it's TOKYO. I wonder if it comes from YOKOHAMA. It's not just TOKYO YUKI, but it feels like it's a little wider. I felt like a Nagoya bus was coming. That's a good point. That's also an important point. From Kansai, it's TOKYO. In other words, it goes east, but it may be halfway. If this is TO TOKYO, it will be an image of going to TOKYO. In the case of FOR TOKYO, it's HOUMEN, so it can be in front. I see. It can be in front. For example, it may be good to imagine the light of a flashlight. The light of a flashlight gradually spreads and finally becomes thin. So it's not just spreading, but there's no turn. In short, it's okay in front. It's a good idea to grasp that as a nuance of FOR. On the other hand, TO is an arrow, so it's just conscious of the point of arrival. Ah, TO is the point of arrival and FOR is the direction including the front. By the way, the point of arrival may or may not actually arrive. Anyway, it's conscious of that. I see. Now, I think you've grasped the basic image of TO and FOR. One thing I want you to pay attention to is that TO TOKYO is TOKYO, FOR TOKYO is TOKYO HOUMEN. You can't memorize it in words like that. Oh, I was about to do it, but I can't? I can't recommend that. What I'm telling you now is the world of images. It's something you can't explain in words. And when FOR is translated like TOKYO HOUMEN YUKI, the word you're using is Japanese. Even if it's translated into Japanese, you can't understand the true form of English forever. If the preceding particle FOR represents the direction, there are things that it doesn't represent. There are things that it doesn't represent? For example, there is an expression called LEAVE FOR. Do you know TO? Yes. Is it like departing? That's right. For example, if you say SHE LEFT FOR TOKYO YESTERDAY, it means that she left for Tokyo yesterday. But here, it's because it's FOR TOKYO, it's just TOKYO HOUMEN, so it might be in front of TOKYO. Maybe she only went to Shizuoka. It's not like that. If you say SHE LEFT FOR TOKYO, the destination is TOKYO. Can't you use TO in this case? TO goes well with words that represent movement. For example, GO. For example, FLY. Fly by airplane. For example, SEND. Send. Don't you think that kind of word is DOKOE? I think so. In that case, use the arrow to say the destination, like TO TOKYO. That's the preceding particle TO. But LEAVE is not a word that means to move somewhere. If you say SHE LEFT, it means to leave. It's that kind of word. If you're asked, where did you go? Of course, you might be curious about where you went, but the word DOKOE is a little different in terms of feeling. In short, if you're asked, where did you go? You'd think, where? It's natural to ask that. But when you're asked, where did you go? You don't say DOKOE. Yes, it does feel a little strange. That's why it doesn't sound like TO. Instead, it's the purpose of leaving. It's like expressing the destination of leaving with a plus alpha. It's like using the preceding particle FOR. Try to think of it that way. It's a vague direction. So when you say LEAVE FOR, it's more like a destination than a direction. So TO and FOR are both used as a destination? It's kind of difficult or complicated. Please don't forget that words are creatures. Ah, creatures. It's difficult because you're trying to push creatures into a frame. For example, there are fish called flounder and flounder. Do you like flounder or flounder, Tony? Flounder sashimi is delicious, right? Yes, flounder sashimi is delicious raw. Curry is delicious when it's simmered. But don't you think flounder is also delicious when it's cooked? Yes, I agree. Muriel looks delicious too. But if you compare what Tony said to TO and FOR, flounder and curry, flounder is raw, and curry is cooked. That's what I was trying to think. And when I was told that flounder is also delicious when cooked, I was like, eh, that's difficult. Isn't it weird? Ah, it's weird. It's true that it's not difficult, but it's weird. In short, what I want to say is that let's taste the English sense. But what Tony said earlier was complicated and difficult TO is like this, FOR is like this. He was trying to make something like a rule on his own and memorize it. So when it's cooked, I don't like flounder, which is no longer sashimi. I don't want you to avoid it. I want you to try it and enjoy it. I see, I see. Flounder has a different taste from cooked curry. So there is a different taste from TO in FOR, which represents the destination. So I want you to taste TO and FOR more firmly in actual English. Then you will understand the difference in taste. I can't say it's a gourmet if you try to understand TO and FOR without tasting it. What are you talking about, Tony? No, I just thought that this channel is an English gourmet. Is it an English gourmet? I'm teaching you how to enjoy the English sense. Oh, I see. I see a lot of words like that. Maybe that's true. By the way, in a video on a certain English channel, there was an English sentence called, I took the train for Shibuya. And you said you took the train to Shibuya. Doesn't this just mean that it's in Shibuya, and you might not go all the way to Shibuya? Yes, I think I'll go all the way to Shibuya. In the previous story, I chose a lot of words, but the word FOR TOKYO was written on the bus stop. That's right, it was on the bus stop. It could have been written on the platform of the train, but it wasn't written on the bus or the train. If it's on the bus or the train itself, it's often said like this. This train is bound for Tokyo. I've heard that before. But what does BOUND mean? BOUND is a past tense of BIND. It's a past tense of BIND. BIND is a past tense of BIND, so it's a past tense of BIND. That's what it literally means. BE BOUND FOR It's a classic phrase to describe the destination of a train or bus. I see. Can't you use TO? That's a good question. Of course, you can use TO to express it. If you said, This train goes to Tokyo, you would know that you're going to Tokyo. But it's not clear if you're going to stop at the station on the way. It's not clear if you're going to stop at the station on the way. If you said, This train goes directly to Tokyo, you would know that you're going to Tokyo. You wouldn't stop on the way. But if you said, This train goes to Tokyo, you would know that you're going to Tokyo, but you wouldn't know what's going to happen on the way. I see. So, this train is bound for Tokyo. BE BOUND FOR is often used. There's a reason for that. First of all, it represents the destination. It represents the destination. And another thing. The nuance of FOR comes alive. What do you mean? There was a story about a bus from Kansai to Tokyo, but it only goes to Nagoya. FOR is conscious of the front. So, This train is bound for Tokyo. It means that it stops on the way, and finally goes to Tokyo. The final goal is Tokyo, and stopping on the way is also a nuance of FOR. It's a double meaning. I see. So, let's go back to part A. I took the train for Shibuya. It means that the bound is omitted. So, I took the train bound for Shibuya. It means that the train goes to Shibuya. Oh, the bound was omitted. So, I took the train for Shibuya. It means that the train goes to Shibuya. I see. So, in the part A, I said the difference between I took the train to Shibuya, but I didn't understand it. I see. The difference between I took the train to Shibuya and I took the train for Shibuya. This is quite subtle. There's almost no difference. Both of them are used in the sense that I took the train to Tokyo. So, first of all, keep in mind that there may not be such a big difference. On top of that, words are creatures. So, the meaning changes depending on the situation. For example, even if it's the same English sentence, the meaning may change if the front and back relations are different. So, it's important not to decide what the meaning of this English sentence is. Because it's a word, the meaning is fluctuating. So, I want you to understand it with something like a width. First, hold down the foundation, and then feel the spread as a width. It's like that. I see. But in general, if it's a well-done explanation, the meaning of this is like this. Of course, if the person explaining it is a native speaker, I think that feeling is correct. Because it's a native speaker, it's impossible to agree 100%. On the contrary, it's impossible for everyone to agree 100%. On top of that, when it comes to English, there are a lot of native speakers. American English and British English are quite different. Even if you say America, it's already wide. So, there are really various nuances and various differences. So, I may not be able to say it all at once. It's the same in Japanese. At the company where I worked when I was an employee, At the company there, as a greeting, it was forbidden to say, Eh? What do you say? If it's daytime, hello. When I go home, goodbye. It's kind of strange. Some people think it's strange, but the president said, No, I'm not tired. He was the one who said that. Ehh? Is that so? So, for that person, the word good work means something bad. Ehh? I'm not tired, but why do I have to be told I'm tired? That's how people feel differently. If you look at Japanese textbooks, it may say, Good work at work. But not everyone agrees 100%. Yes, that's right. That's the word. So, it's important to have a sense of understanding and have a sense of understanding based on the basics. So, back to the main topic, I took the train to Shibuya and I took the train for Shibuya. First of all, there are many things that are almost the same. On top of that, there may be differences depending on the situation. If you use to and say, I took the train to Shibuya, the arrow is pointing to Shibuya, so it feels like you're reaching Shibuya. Shibuya is the destination. That kind of feeling is stronger. I had a chat GPT make an example sentence, so I'll introduce it. Did you manage to make it to Tokyo? Did you make it to Tokyo? In response to this question, Yes, I took the train to Tokyo. In this case, it's not just about getting on the train to Tokyo, it's about actually making it to Tokyo. That's what it means. Oh, so it's not just about getting on the train, it's about making it to Tokyo. Yes, so this is like the arrow pointing to the destination. It can also mean that you actually made it to Tokyo. I see. Next is an example sentence from FOR. How was your train journey? In response to that, I took the train for Tokyo. Then the answer to that is, Oh, that's interesting. So, did you make any stops along the way? That's interesting. Did you get off somewhere? In this case, it might be better not to translate it too much. Because it conveys the nuance of FOR, the feeling of being conscious of the way. That's why the other person asked, Did you make any stops? That's the question. Oh, I see. FOR is conscious of the way, so it's a conversation like this. Yes, like this. There may be a difference between TWO and FOR. But in many cases, there is no difference so far, and it is used in almost the same sense. So it depends on the situation and the sentence. So it's important not to decide what it means. I see. Words are living things, so I want you to feel the width of TWO and FOR like this. So, I explained about TWO and FOR as an example of a train or a bus destination. First, TWO is an arrow, and FOR is a vague direction. Words are living things, so there are various widths and divisions. There are a lot of TWO and FOR in English. Every time they come out, I hope you can feel and taste this kind of feeling every time. So, it was English Gourmet Channel. TWO is the point of arrival of the arrow, and FOR is a vague direction, including the front. It was easy to understand and refreshing. Words are living things, so it was very interesting that they mean different things depending on the situation. I also wanted to taste English gourmet. Thank you for watching today. Thank you for watching the video until the end. If you find this video useful, please subscribe to the channel, leave a high rating, and leave a comment. If you have any comments about English Gourmet Channel, please leave a comment in the comment section. If you have any questions about two and four, please leave a comment in the comment section. See you in the next video. It was English Doctor Nishida Roy. See ya!