N2 grammar · Lesson 19

「にしたら」「なりに」「からして」: standpoints

子こどもにしたら、毎晩まいばんの塾通じゅくがよいはかなり大変たいへんだろう。

「にしたら」 「にすれば」: in their shoes; 「なりに」: your best, in your own way; 「からして」: one detail says it all. Compare N3 「にとって」 「として」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「にしたら」 and 「にすれば」: in someone else’s shoes
  2. 02「なりに」: in your own way, within your limits
  3. 03「からして」: from … alone
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05In conversation and in writing

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read and answer the questions

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