代動詞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	動	詞
だい Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3	し Grade: 6

Etymology

Calque of English pro-verb. Compare 代(だい)名(めい)詞(し) (daimeishi, “pronoun”), 動(どう)詞(し) (dōshi, “verb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da̠ido̞ːɕi]

Noun

代(だい)動(どう)詞(し) • (daidōshi) 

1. (linguistics, grammar) pro-verb, pro-form of a verb
   • 2017 April 13, “do no yōhō [Usage of do]”, in Kōkō netto zemi daigaku juken kōza‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 April 2021:

     doの用(よう)法(ほう)の最(さい)後(ご)は【代(だい)動(どう)詞(し)】です。代(だい)名(めい)詞(し)の動(どう)詞(し)版(ばん)。英(えい)語(ご)は同(おな)じ単(たん)語(ご)を何(なん)回(かい)も使(つか)うのを嫌(きら)うので、動(どう)詞(し)も2(に)回(かい)目(め)はdoにしてしまうことがよくあります。

     Do no yōhō no saigo wa【daidōshi】desu. Daimeishi no dōshi ban. Eigo wa onaji tango o nankai mo tsukau no o kirau no de, dōshi mo nikaime wa do ni shite shimau koto ga yoku arimasu.

     The final usage of do is as ‘pro-verb’, the verb version of a pronoun. Since English doesn't like to use the same word again and again, it is common to use do in place of the verb the second time.