What is important in the exercise 1 of the section 34 is to learn that a clause “to’ori ni” functions as an adverbial of the verb in the main clause. Yesterday we learned a sentence construction whose main clause is to ask other people to do something.
1. [V1-ta] to’ori ni, [V2-te] kudasai.
Example; Watashi ga Kaita to’ori ni, Kaite kudasai. (Please write as I have written.)
Today’s sentences are a little simpler than yesterday’s, which is to say I did something as I saw other people did.
2. Haha ga Yatta to’ori ni, Yari mashita. (I did it as my mother did.)
3. Piano no Sensei ni Naratta to’ori ni, Hiki mashita. (I played as learned from the piano teacher.)
Not only “[V-ta] + to’ori ni”, but sometime “Noun no to’ori ni” is also used like yesterday.
4. Manyuaru no to’ori ni Kikai o Ugokashi mashita. (I operated the machine as the manual.)
Where, Manyuaru (Ma-nyu-a-ru) is a Katakana word which came from “manual”. Ugokasu/Ugokashimasu is a transitive verb of Gr1-S.
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This post was written with reference to the exercise A1 on Section34 of “Minna no Nihongo (2nd Edition)” published by “3A Corporation”
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