Comments on: Pocket Money – お小遣い http://www.nippontalk.com/en/pocket-money-%e3%81%8a%e5%b0%8f%e9%81%a3%e3%81%84/ Japanese texts with furigana and English translation Sun, 24 Jan 2021 01:17:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nippon Talk http://www.nippontalk.com/en/pocket-money-%e3%81%8a%e5%b0%8f%e9%81%a3%e3%81%84/#comment-3341 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:08:49 +0000 http://www.nippontalk.com/en/?p=492#comment-3341 Hi Ang,

Thank you for your comment.

First, 過ごす has several meanings: it can indeed have the meaning of “exceed”, but in this sentence the meaning is “spend” not “exceed” .

毎月3万円で過ごす – I live with 30,000 yens every month. (I spend less than this.)
毎月3万円で過ごせない – I can’t live with 30,000 yens a month. (I will spend more.)

So since 毎月3万円で過ごす means “I live with 30,000 yens a month”, you turn this into the imperative form with ～なければならい and you get:
毎月3万円で過ごさなけらばならい – I have to live with 30,000 yens a month.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Ang http://www.nippontalk.com/en/pocket-money-%e3%81%8a%e5%b0%8f%e9%81%a3%e3%81%84/#comment-3259 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:13:52 +0000 http://www.nippontalk.com/en/?p=492#comment-3259 Hi there, thanks a lot for the website, it was really helpful for me to learn everyday’s words in Japanese.

I have one question though. In the passage above you have the sentence, “過ごさなければならない”. I thought this sentence means “must exceed”, am I correct?

過ごす (to exceed)
過ごさない (not exceed)
過ごさなければ (if don’t exceed)
過ごさなければならない (can’t afford not to exceed / must exceed)

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