► 接尾辞
達 [たち] meaning: plural rank: 2
☆ 沢山の人達が集会に集まった ⇨ Many people gathered for the rally (☛ Most Japanese speakers are NOT strict about pluralization of nouns)
More examples:
- 新時代を担う若者達 ⇨ The young people who carry the new era on their backs
- 私達はその曲をぶっつけ本番で演奏した ⇨ We played that song for a live show, recording, without any rehearsal
- 私達は敵を欺くために芝居を打った ⇨ We stage the whole thing to trick our enemy
- 私達は喫茶店で落合うことにした ⇨ We arranged to meet at the cafe
- 私達は湖で泳いだ ⇨ We swam in the lake
- 私達は運動の理念の原点に立ち返ることとした ⇨ We’ve decided to go back to the original point of our movement’s philosophy
- 北欧の人達は人前で裸になることに抵抗が無い ⇨ Scandinavians don’t have problems getting naked in public
- 私達はどちらも初婚です ⇨ Both of us married for the first time. This is the first marriage for both of us
- 私達はパーティーで談笑した ⇨ We talked and laughed, enjoyed conversations, at the party
- 私達は研究のための資金を確保しなくてはいけない ⇨ We need to secure funds for the research
- 彼等は自分達の略奪の歴史について全く無知だ ⇨ They are totally ignorant of their own history of looting
- 私達は散々議論したが結局同じ結論に帰結した ⇨ We discussed over and over but ended up reaching the same conclusion
- それに恩恵を受けるのはごく一握りの人達だけだ ⇨ Only a handful of people will benefit from that
- 農民達は重税に苦しんだ ⇨ The farmers suffered under heavy taxation
- 万一私が死んでも子供達は大丈夫だ ⇨ My kids will be OK even if I die