CTV – The Loop said on May 26th, “Halsey broke her ankle in bizarre kitchen mishap”.
Unfortunately she broke her ankle while staying at home. That’s unbelievable she suffered a fracture because of the dishwasher.
By the way, today’s 3 min JAPANESE is about fracture.
Let’s learn 2 Japanese phrases for fracture.
Break one’s bone can be translated as those two ways.
- Break bone
骨折する
kossetsu suru
It’s verb made up of
骨折 (bone fracture) + する (do) - Break bone
骨を折る
hone wo oru
● bone → 骨 (ほね / hone)
● を (wo) is particle which indicates the object of the action
● break → 折る (おる / oru)
Since Japanese ignore “one’s”, those two mean just “break bone”.
Let’s practice using example.
How about “Break his ankle” in Japanese.
- Break his ankle
足首を骨折する
ashikubi wo kossetsu suru
● (his) ankle → 足首 (あしくび / ashikubi)
● を (wo) is particle which indicates the object of the action
● break (bone) → 骨折する (こっせつする / kossetsusuru) - Break his ankle
足首の骨を折る
ashikubi no hone wo oru
● (his) ankle → 足首 (あしくび / ashikubi)
● の (no) is particle which qualifies the noun “bone”
● (bone) → 骨
● を (wo) is particle which indicates the object of the action
● break → 折る (おる / oru)
Please check the pronunciation of each word in YouTube video!
