EGrammar Unit 17 Used to (do)

英語学習 はてなDUO

今日はCafe mocha.とかいたまま放置しちゃってた。あらためて、今日(2/10)はフラペチーノのバニラビーンズ。4日ぶり、かな。と言いつつ、アップするのは2/21だったり。
EX)

David quit jogging two years ago. He doesn't jog anymore. But he used to jog.
He used to jog = he jogged regularly or some time in the past, but he doesn't jog now.

Something used to happen = something happened regularly in the past but no longer happens.
We also use used to for something that was true but is not true anymore.
過去によく何かをしていて、でも今はもうそれをしていない場合に、used to doを使います。


Ex)

  • I used to play tennis a lot, but I don't play as much now.

Diane used to travel a lot. These days she doesn't take many trips.

  • I started drinking coffee recently. I never used to like it before.
  • Nicole used to have very long hair when she was a child.
  • We used to live in a small town, but now we live in Chicago.
  • Did you use to eat a lot of candy when you were a child?

Compare I used to do and I was doing.

used toと過去進行形をくらべてみよう。

  • I used to watch TV a lot.
    • I watched TV regularly in the past, but I no longer do this.
  • I was watching TV when the phone rang.
    • I was in the middle of watching TV.

used toは過去それをしていたけど現在していないという行間な意味が含まれるのに対して、過去進行形はただそのときそれをしていた、というだけです。

I am used to doing.

Do not confuse I used to do and I am used to doing. The structures and meanings are different.

  • I used to live alone.
    • I lived alone in the past, but I no longer live alone.
  • I am used to living alone.
    • I live alone, and I don't find it strange or new because I've been living alone for some time.

used to doとbe used to doingは違った意味になります。used to doは過去doをしていて、今はもうしていない、という意味なのに対して、be used to doingはここのところしばらくdoingをしていて、特にそれが不自然だと感じていない状況(の様なもの)を表現する時に使います。

これって、日本語から英語に翻訳する、って言う風に英語を話してると出てこない発想かもしれないですね。