足し算と引き算で使う英語、日本人がよく間違える英語

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教えていただきたいのですが、Add 5 to 4.に対する答え方は、
I got nine. あるいは It’s nine. でしょうか？

Hi Luke,
◎Understanding preposition,”plus”on addition:
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1.What is six four?:   
・plus=added to
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・plus=(preposition)
             
・six  four（to 以下に追加された６）
・「４に追加された６は何ですか？」
*(It’s a literal translation)
2.Your way of thoughts on addition:
 
“6 red balls are rolling and reaches to 4 blue balls.Then,what is the total?”
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At first,there are 4 blue balls in your mind.
And,6 red balls will be added to them after that.
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Those are your way of thinking on addition.
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In Japanese way on addition,
there is no image:” which is the first being”.
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3.Our way of thoughts on addition:
“There are 6 red balls here and 4 blue balls there.Those balls are gathered.
Then,what is the total?”
So,you can say,
「６＋（”tasu”in Japanese)４は、何ですか？」
in words.
*(It’s a idiomatic translation)&(“何”can be said not as”nani” but as “nan” before”desuka?”)
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The lidiomatic translation in Japanese is more similar to the phrase:
“when you add 6 AND 4,what do you get?”
than the phrase:
“If you ADD 6 TO 4, what do you get?”.
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4.For example,how do you think about this:
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6＋4=4＋6=10
I think you will think that you get the same result,the number”10″
by swapping the position of 6 and 4.
On the other hand,we will think that “6＋4″and”4＋6” are the same calculation.
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But,the way of thinking on addition is in the case of addition using Numerals.
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“Numerals” differs from “Numbers”,including the meaning of “volume”.
Numerals represent Numbers.
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If there are actually something being,we have also images like your way of thoughts.
It is in the case which the volume can be represented by using Numerals.
We have 2 ways.:)
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5.Additionally,I have one more point:
We feel “why?” about your way for asking and answering as for “addition”.
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Because,we think “Adding” is objective calculation.
But,you ask it or answer it as like subjective matter.
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Look at samples:
・”If you add 5 to 4, what do you get? ”
“You get nine.”
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・ “When we add 2 and 3,we get 5.”
But,”you” or ” we ” is not matter to objective calculation and its results.
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In Japan,we don’t say that “what do you get?” as for objective calculation.
Our feeling is similar to ask it like ” What is it?”.
The correct result is not be changed by “you” or “we”.
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I guess the reason why you ask in the way.
I mean it is based on ” doing  sum for children “.
The way of asking is saying like as below:
” You must become to be able to calculate it because it’s mommy’s wish.”
So,your text books at scools may be based on the wish.(lol)
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But,”Adding” is important for everybody’s lives,isn’t it?
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Then,it seems better to ask it like “What is 5 plus 4?” than “If you add 5 to 4, what do you get?”.
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And,we can answer it as like:
“9 equals the sum of 5 and 4 .
But,I’m not sure what I get.”XD