Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – にかわって / にかわり (ni kawatte / ni kawari)

09/12/2020Updated 04/09/20211 min read

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Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – にかわって / にかわり (ni kawatte / ni kawari)
Here is Japanese N3 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 textbook.

87. ~にかわって / にかわり
a. Meaning: in place of ~ (someone else), instead of ~
b. Structure: N + にかわって/かわり

「社長にかわり、ご挨拶させていただきます」
`Shachō ni kawari, go aisatsu sa sete itadakimasu’
On behalf of the company president, I would like to greet you all.

入院中の母に代わって、姉が家事をしている。
Nyūin-chū no haha nikawatte, ane ga kaji o shite iru.
My sister is doing the housework in place of my mother, who is in hospital.

田中選手がけがで出場できなくなった。しかし、彼に代わる選手がいるだろうか。
Tanaka senshu ga kega de shutsujō dekinaku natta. Shikashi, kare ni kawaru senshu ga irudarou ka.
Tanaka is injured and cannot play. I wonder whether there is another player to replace him?

今までの方法で効果がないなら、それに代わるやり方を考えねばならない。
Ima made no hōhō de kōka ga nainara, sore ni kawaru yarikata o kangaeneba naranai.
If the current method does not work, we have to come up with another way to replace it.

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