Re: How does one "try" in japanese?

From: Dan Rempel (drempel_at_hurtly_flurty)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:50:50 -0800

Dan Rempel wrote:
> dareka wrote:
>
>>Konrad Den Ende wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm unclear on how to say "i try to do sth". This far i have
>>>a number of theories.
>>>何かをしょう瘢雹としる
>>>何かをしょう瘢雹としている
>>>何かをやってみる
>>>何かを試みる
>>>
>>>Are those equivalent? Alike? Do they mean what i assume
>>>they do? Any feed-back is welcome...
>>
>>
>>I don't think they are completely equivalent at least in
>>grammatical sense. Maybe やってみる and 試みる are equivalent
>>with the exception of the difference of how colloquial they
>>are. Strictly speaking, しよう瘢雹とする and しよう瘢雹としている are
>>the statuses before your trying or trying to doing something.
>>For example, 山登りをしよう瘢雹とする doesn't necessarily mean you
>>actually go to a mountain. But maybe 山登りを試みる might not
>>include actual 山登り...so they are ambiguous....
>
>
> 山登りをしよう瘢雹とする/している：maybe "I'm thinking of (going) mountain
> climbing"?

Or, now that I think of it, maybe not.

Dan