A Japanese question
Hi guys,

could somebody please answer the following question for me:

in the sentences
彼は時々夜寝ません。そして勉強します。
and
彼は時々寝ないて、勉強します。

is the 勉強する perceived as happening AFTER or SIMULTANEOUSLY with the 寝ません?

In other words, is the meaning:
"sometimes he does not fall asleep, so then he studies (i.e. he starts studying after he notices he is not falling asleep)"
or is it
"sometimes he does not sleep, (instead) he studies (i.e. he never tried to fall asleep, he started studying immediately at the beginning of the night"
?

Thank you,

Yair

Question

A Japanese question
Hi guys,

could somebody please answer the following question for me:

in the sentences
彼は時々夜寝ません。そして勉強します。
and
彼は時々寝ないて、勉強します。

is the 勉強する perceived as happening AFTER or SIMULTANEOUSLY with the 寝ません?

In other words, is the meaning:
"sometimes he does not fall asleep, so then he studies (i.e. he starts studying after he notices he is not falling asleep)"
or is it
"sometimes he does not sleep, (instead) he studies (i.e. he never tried to fall asleep, he started studying immediately at the beginning of the night"
?

Thank you,

Yair

Answer

I think it's the "so he studies" meaning.
そして in the first sentence indicates "happening afterwards" or "so that" in some occasion.
In 寝らないて、 the て also means "so", and the sentence can be translated as " As he couldn't fall asleep, he chose to study. (Or something like that)

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