forgetting
忘れる
解説 Definition
forgetting は forget（忘れる）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名前、予定、持ち物、事実などを思い出せないことや、うっかり忘れている動作を表します。
Forgetting is the -ing form of forget and refers to failing to remember a fact, name, plan, object, or required action. It can describe an ongoing or repeated lapse of memory, or function as a gerund naming the act of not remembering.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
forgetting は forget の -ing 形です。forget は後半の get に強勢があり、短母音＋子音字 t で終わるため t を重ねて forgetting とし、発音は /fərˈɡetɪŋ/。keep forgetting a number なら「何度も忘れる」、Forgetting your passport なら「忘れること」と、進行形と動名詞の両方で覚えましょう。
Forgetting comes from forget. Because the final syllable is stressed and ends in a short vowel followed by t, double the t before adding -ing: forget becomes forgetting, pronounced /fərˈɡetɪŋ/. Learn two useful patterns. In “I keep forgetting his number,” it describes a repeated failure to remember. In “Forgetting your passport can cause trouble,” it acts as a gerund naming the event. Link the word with memory letting go of information, and contrast it with remembering, which keeps or brings that information back to mind.
例文
I keep forgetting his phone number.
私は彼の電話番号を何度も忘れてしまいます。
She is forgetting the date of the meeting.
彼女は会議の日付を忘れかけています。
Forgetting your passport can cause serious trouble.
パスポートを忘れると大きな問題になることがあります。
forgetting の類義語・関連語
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forgetting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
forgetting は古英語 forgietan にさかのぼり、for-「離れて・失って」+ gietan「つかむ」から成る。もとは「心の中でつかんでいたものを手放す」感覚で、forgetful や unforgettable にも同じ語幹が見える。
Forgetting is the -ing form of forget and is spelled with double t under the usual rule for a stressed final syllable ending in a single consonant. Forget descends from Old English forgietan. The first element, for-, had an intensive or loss-related function in this word, while the second element was an old Germanic verb connected with grasping or obtaining. The historical formation developed into the modern sense of failing to retain or recall something in the mind.
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