Please help with this grammar...
I was looking at an old JLPT 3 book and saw a sentence which confused me. Here it is : ひざに手をおいてきちんとすわってください。I guess I am not very familiar with きちんと. I think it means 'precisely, neatly'. So is this the translation?...Please put your hand on your knee and sit neatly....?
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When you sit , Putting your hands on your knees and straighten your back up is traditional Japanese way to sit. I think you've ever seen Judo or Kendo, the players sit, putting the hands on the knees.
ひざに手をおいてきちんとすわる is a good manner inJapanese way.
so, your translation is correct.
I hope this helps.
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Please put your hand on your knee and sit up right.
I can understand the meaning of the sentence. But in English I'm not sure how to write. So I was search how to say in English.
I found the meaning of the きちんとin
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A1%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8
and in English Portugues
http://www.linguee.pt/ingles-portugues/traducao/sit+upright.html
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Pretty much. きちんと mean precisely, accurately, or in this case, neatly.
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You're absolutely right ! It means, "put your both hands on your knees"
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