住んでいる
解説 Definition
inhabiting は inhabit（住む、生息する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人がある場所に住んでいる場合にも、動植物がある地域に生息している場合にも使われます。
Inhabiting is the present participle or gerund of inhabit. It describes people living in a particular place or animals and plants naturally occurring and living in a particular environment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
inhabiting は inhabit「住む・生息する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞。語末の t を重ねず、そのまま -ing を加え、発音は /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪŋ/。people inhabiting an area や birds inhabiting an island のように、場所を直接目的語に取る点も覚える。
Start with inhabit, meaning “live in” or “occupy as a home,” and add -ing without doubling the final t: inhabiting. Its pronunciation ends in /tɪŋ/. The internal structure also helps: in- suggests “in,” while the historical base is related to dwelling or living. Remember the common pattern people inhabiting a region or birds inhabiting an island. Unlike live, inhabit normally takes the place directly as its object: they inhabit the village, not they inhabit in the village. The -ing form can describe an ongoing action or modify the inhabitants of a place.
例文
Several families are inhabiting the old village again.
数組の家族がその古い村に再び住んでいます。
Birds inhabiting the island are protected by law.
その島に生息している鳥は法律で保護されています。
Researchers studied the people inhabiting the remote mountain area.
研究者たちは、その遠い山岳地帯に住む人々を調査しました。
inhabiting の類義語・関連語
inhabiting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
inhabiting は inhabit の進行形で、inhabit はラテン語 inhabitare「中に住む」に由来する。in-「中に」+ habitare「住む・居住する」から成り、「中に身を置いて暮らす」がそのまま「住んでいる」につながる。関連語は habitat, habitation。
Inhabiting is formed by adding -ing to inhabit. Inhabit entered English through Old French and Latin inhabitāre, meaning “to dwell in.” The Latin form combines in-, “in,” with habitāre, “to dwell” or “live,” a frequentative form related to habēre, “to have” or “hold.” Habitat and habitation belong to the same historical word family.
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