【食べる】eatとhaveの違いを英語のプロが分かりやすく解説！

That's why I always say this. Don't say, how's your English? Think about Japanese before you say that. Hello, everyone. I'm Nishizawa Roy, an English doctor. In this channel, I teach you how to learn English in a non-conventional way. Roy-san. Yes. I think you explained about eating and drinking in the previous video. But I don't understand it. I see. When you eat in Japanese, you say, Itadakimasu. Yes. It's similar to that. What do you mean? I explained about HABU in the previous video. I explained about the core image. Yes. The English sense is spread like a tree. Especially, the words that are said to have a wide meaning, such as the basic verb and the past tense, are big trees. First of all, it is important to understand the core image of the trunk sensibly. By the way, how was the core image of HABU, Tony? It's hard to explain in words. HABU is like a branch. That's right. I explained it like that. Words are things that cannot be explained in words. So you don't have to explain it. That's good. If you explain it badly in words, it will interfere with your understanding, so you should be careful. I see. This is an image story. Because it's an image, it's important to understand it sensibly. You have no choice but to understand it sensibly. But if you dare to explain it in words, It is called HABU space. I explain that there is a place like a branch. And the core image spreads to many branches. For example, HABU has a family, a pet, and other branches. This video is based on that explanation. If you don't understand HABU, or if you don't remember the previous explanation, If you haven't seen it yet, please check it out. And grasp the core image sensibly. And grasp the branches sensibly. If there is something you don't understand, I told you to research and ask someone to grasp it sensibly. So I don't know why HABU means to eat and drink. I think this is a great question. As the theme of this video, I will explain why HABU means to eat and drink. Let's start with drinking. For example, let's say there is water in a bottle. In English, it's a bottle of water. If someone gives it to you, I'll give you this bottle of water. I received it by saying thank you. Then this will be yours. I have a bottle of water. You have it, right? If what you got was a book, You may take it home and put it in the bookshelf. But what about water? Do you take it home and store it for disaster? No, I drink it. Right? You drink it. It's the same with food. For example, I got a chocolate. You don't take it home and put it in a treasure chest, do you? No, I don't. I want to eat it right away. HABU means to eat and drink. It's quite natural. It's not difficult to grasp it sensibly. That's true. I thought it was difficult. And in Japanese, You say itadakimasu before eating, right? What does itadaku mean, Tony? Itadaku... It's an honorific, isn't it? That's right. It's a kenjo word for morau. It's an eriku word. You use it when you eat. Morau means something comes to you, right? That's right. What you get goes into your HABU space. The kenjo word itadaku means to eat. Doesn't it sound like HABU means to eat? That's true. It's very similar. That's why I always say this. Don't say how you feel about English. Let's think about Japanese before that. It's important to think about Japanese. So HABU means to eat and drink. I think that's okay. And another common question is... How is it different from eat and drink? First of all, is the image of eat and drink okay, Tony? Eating and drinking are usually translated. Well, there may be a lot of people like that. First of all, eat is... It's like mogu-mogu-gokkun. Basically, you put food in your mouth. Chewing and swallowing. That's the movement. That's right. It may be similar to the kanji for eating. For example, the Japanese word for rust is shinshoku. Shinshoku includes the kanji for eating. If you say the same thing in English... Rust eats into iron. You can say it like that. It's like rust swallowing iron. It's like putting it in your mouth and swallowing it. That's the movement of eat. I see. Next is drink. Basically, it's like drinking a liquid. There was a video of take before. There was a story that you use take to drink medicine. Yes. Most of the time, medicine is... It's a liquid or powder. It's not a liquid, so I don't use a drink. That's what I'm talking about. So first of all, basically... Please keep in mind that you use a drink for a liquid. I'd like to give you an example here. By the way, what do you call soup in English? Soup? Soup is a liquid. Isn't it a drink soup? Actually, in English, we use eat a lot. What? Does that mean eat soup? That's right. Of course, you can also say drink soup. The image is different. What does eat soup mean? I'd like you to think about the course of French cuisine. I see. How do you drink soup? You scoop it with a spoon and drink it. Yes, the soup is in the plate first. Yes. You scoop it with a spoon and drink it. If you hold the plate in your hand and drink it, it's a violation of manners. That's right. You scoop it with a spoon and drink it. This is eat soup. If the food on the plate is beans or fried rice, you scoop it with a spoon and drink it. That's eat beans or eat fried rice. And in the case of soup, it's eat soup. Since the action is the same, it means that you use eat in the same way. I see. On the other hand, in the case of drink soup, There is soup in a mug. The action is to drink it as a liquid. There are some people who used eat to drink soup. The expression is different, so the action is different. The action was different. So, I explained the basics of eat and drink. Let's talk about how it's different from have. This is also a question I get a lot. For example, let's say a customer comes to your house. Let's say you can recommend a drink there. Let's make it tea. Put the cold tea in a cup, put it in a tray, and take it. It's okay to say it in Japanese, but how do you say it to your partner? I see. It's like, if you don't mind, please. That's good. Instead of saying, please drink it here, Don't you feel more polite to say, please? I see. In the same way, when you serve sweets, It's more polite to say, please. I see. It's the same in English. For example, when you recommend chocolate, You can use have to say, please have some chocolate. What do you think will happen if you say, please eat some chocolate here? It's like, please eat. What was the action of eat? It's like, please eat. In other words, if you say, please eat, Please eat this chocolate. It's like a compulsion. That's right. So in Japanese, it's like, please. In English, it's like, please have. You can actually leave it to your partner. That's how adults use words. I see. If you use have, it's like, please. Yes, it's close to the Japanese verb. Have is a verb that represents a state. Eat and drink represent the action of eating and drinking. That's why it feels very direct. Of course, have is also used to express the action of eating. But it originally represents a state. That's why it's so modest. You don't have to eat it just to get it. I see. The ambiguity around that is close to the Japanese word, please. You can leave it to your partner to decide what to do. That's right. The rest is case by case. So I think you should feel it intuitively. I'll give you another example. For example, I don't eat natto. At that time, I don't eat natto. It's normal to say that. For example, here, I said, because it means to eat. I don't have natto. How about this? It sounds like you don't have natto. That's right. Have is just a state. It's basic to express this. So it doesn't mean to eat at any time. You can understand the situation. You can understand it from the words before and after. In that case, it is also used in the sense of eating. That's why it's easier to understand if you use eat. I just said the words before and after. For example, I had a sandwich for lunch. The purpose is to have lunch. It's clear that have means to eat. And if you use eat here, I ate a sandwich for lunch. This is also used in the same way. There is almost no significant difference. So it's case by case. In short, have can be used in an elegant sense. So it's easy to use in a formal situation. There are some cases like that. But in the end, it's case by case. I hope you can feel it sensibly. So in this video, I explained why have means to eat and drink. And I explained the difference between eat and drink. Did you understand it sensibly? Basically, there are a lot of branches. It's a big tree with a lot of meaning. It's very important to be able to understand it with an image. When you have any questions, please solve them. I hope you can expand your English-sensitive world. Have means to eat and drink. It's similar to Japanese Itadakuni. Even if you eat the same thing, Eat means to express a direct action. Have means to express a state. I could see the subtle difference in nuance. I learned a lot today. Thank you very much. Thank you for watching until the end today. If you found this video helpful, Please subscribe to my channel, rate it highly, and leave a comment. Please write your thoughts on the English sense of have. Please write your thoughts on how to eat and drink. See you in the next video. I'm English doctor Nishizawa Roy. See ya!