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Please tell me the difference between 〜てみる and 〜意向形+とする . Good day, please tell me the difference between 〜てみる and 〜意向形+とする . I learned that 〜てみる is used for trying to do something. However, my teacher said 〜意向形+とする this is better for my sample sentence. The sentence was: "The single girl friends tried to catch the bride's bouquet." 花嫁の独身女性の友達は、花束をキャッチしようとしました。 花嫁の独身女性の友達は、花束をキャッチしてみました。 How do you say this naturally in Japanese? So in this case, 〜てみる cannot be used?

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> (A). 花嫁の独身女性の友達は、花束をキャッチしようとしました。 > (B). 花嫁の独身女性の友達は、花束をキャッチしてみました。 Both are correct grammatically. However, A is more appropriate in this context. **** しよう=し+(よ)+う し:未然形(not-yet-form) of the verb する よ:filler word う:particle to indicate "willingness". キャッチしよう --> try to catch ( not yet catched) ****して = し+て し:連用形 of of the verb する た:particle to indicate "done/completed/fixed" キャッチして :try catching (catching has been completed). **** 意向形, テ形, and others are terms for foreign Japanese learners. The real grammatical components are : 動詞: verb (with conjugation), する、食べる、いく 助動詞:particle (with conjugation)、だ、ない、たい、ます、れる 助詞:particle (with no conjugation)、て、に、を、は
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花嫁の独身女性の友達は、花束をキャッチしてみました。だと、try catching the bouquet,”試しにキャッチした”感じです。なので使いません。 <Try to catch the bouquet> and <try catching the bouquet> It’s a little different meaning. So you can’t use ~てみた in this situation.
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花束をキャッチしようとしました。 sounds like "She tried to catch the bouquet." but 花束をキャッチしてみた。 sounds like "She caught the bouquet just because she felt like it." So 花束をキャッチしようとしました。 is natural if she wanted to catch the bouquet. I'm native Japanese speaker but not Japanese teacher. So this is just my opinion, just how I feel.
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