seen
見た
解説 Definition
seen は see（見る、会う）の過去分詞です。have seen のように完了形で「見たことがある」、be seen のように受け身で「見られる」と表すときに使います。
Seen is the past participle of see. It is used with have to describe previous visual experience or encounters, and with be to form passive constructions indicating that someone or something was observed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
seen は see「見る・会う」の不規則な過去分詞で、see–saw–seen と一組で覚えます。see /siː/ に n が加わった /siːn/ と発音します。単独で単純過去にはせず、have seen「見たことがある」と be seen「見られる」が中心です。過去形 saw との役割の違いを例文ごと記憶しましょう。
Learn seen as the third form in the irregular set see–saw–seen. The base form see is pronounced /siː/, while seen is /siːn/, with a final n sound. Its grammar is the most useful memory cue: I saw the cat yesterday uses the simple past, but I have seen that cat before uses the past participle. In the passive, the bird was seen means that someone observed it. Associate seen with the helpers have and be rather than using it alone as an ordinary past-tense verb.
例文
I have seen that cat before.
私は前にその猫を見たことがあります。
She has seen this movie.
彼女はこの映画を見たことがあります。
The bird was seen in the park.
その鳥は公園で見られました。
seen の類義語・関連語
seen の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 sēon（見る）から印欧祖語 *sekʷ-（見る、追う）に遡る。ラテン語 sequī（追う）と同根で、「目で追う」が原義。関連語に sight（視力）、seer（予見者）がある。see の過去分詞形で「既に目にした」状態を表す。
Seen is the past participle of see, whose English history goes back to Old English sēon, “to see.” Its spelling and form developed through the irregular Germanic verb system rather than by adding the regular ending -ed. Modern English preserves this pattern in see–saw–seen. The participial form commonly appears after have in perfect constructions and after be in passive constructions.
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