replies
返信する
解説 Definition
replies は reply（返信する、返事をする）の三人称単数現在形、または名詞 reply（返事）の複数形です。ここでは「返信する」という動詞として、he や she など三人称単数の主語に続いて使います。
Replies is the third-person singular present form of the verb reply. It describes someone giving an answer or sending a response, especially when the subject is he, she, it, or one named person.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
replies は動詞 reply の三人称単数現在形です。語末が「子音字＋y」なので y を i に替えて -es を付け、reply → replies となります。末尾は /z/ と発音します。She replies quickly や He replies to every email の型で、主語と reply to の組み合わせを覚えましょう。
Start with the base verb reply. For the third-person singular present, a verb ending in a consonant plus y changes y to i before -es: reply becomes replies. The ending is pronounced /z/. Attach the form to singular subjects such as she, he, my teacher, or the customer: She replies quickly; my teacher replies to questions. The common pattern reply to an email, message, or person helps fix the required preposition. Remember that replies can also be a plural noun, but in these examples its position after a singular subject identifies it as a verb.
例文
She replies quickly.
彼女はすぐに返信します。
He replies to every email.
彼はすべてのメールに返信します。
My teacher replies when I ask a question online.
オンラインで質問すると、先生が返信してくれます。
replies の類義語・関連語
replies の語源・成り立ち Etymology
replies は動詞 reply に三単現の -s が付いた形で、reply は古フランス語 replier、さらにラテン語 re-「返して」+ plicare「折る」に由来します。もとは「言葉を折り返す」イメージで、相手に返答することを表します。関連語に imply、complicate があります。
Replies is formed from reply by changing the final y to i and adding -es, the standard third-person singular present spelling after a consonant plus y. Reply entered English through Old French replier and is traced to Latin replicare, built from re-, “back,” and plicare, “to fold.” The earlier image of folding back developed into the sense of responding or answering. In this verb form, the ending is pronounced /z/.
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