3.I.2 並列: V1 たり V2 たりします [Do V1 and V2]

お客さん、あぶないですよ。バスの中では立ったりすわったりしないでください。

Customer, it’s dangerous. Please do not stand or sit on the bus.

顧客，這很危險。請不要在公共汽車上站立或坐下。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
お客さん	o-kyaku-san	subject	customers / passengers
あぶないですよ	abunai desu yo	predicate	It’s dangerous. (emphatic)
バスの中では	basu no naka de wa	modifiers	inside the bus
立ったり	tattari	predicate	standing (used to list actions)
すわったり	suwattari	predicate	sitting (used to list actions)
しないでください	shinaide kudasai	predicate	please do not (polite)

For about a week after being discharged, I would sleep and wake up every day.

從出院後大約一週，我每天都在睡覺和醒來之間交替。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
退院してから	taiin-shi-te-kara	modifiers	since being discharged
1週間ぐらい	isshuukan gurai	modifiers	about one week
毎日	mainichi	modifiers	every day
ねたり	ne-tari	verb conjugations	slept
起きたり	oki-tari	verb conjugations	woke up
していました	shi-te-i-mashi-ta	predicate	was doing

That person is going back and forth in front of the gate. I wonder what’s going on.

那個人來來回回地在門前走動。不知道發生了什麼事。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
あの人は	ano hito wa	subject	That person (topic marker)
門の前を	mon no mae o	modifiers	in front of the gate (direct object marker)
行ったり	ittari	predicate	goes (used to list actions)
来たり	kitari	predicate	comes (used to list actions)
しています	shiteimasu	predicate	is doing (polite)
どうしたのでしょう	dou shita no deshou	predicate	What happened? (polite)

The child is playing by opening and closing the door.

孩子們開關着門玩耍。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
子どもが	kodomo ga	subject	children (subject marker)
ドアを	doa o	modifiers	the door (direct object marker)
開けたり	aketari	predicate	open (used to list actions)
閉めたり	shimetari	predicate	close (used to list actions)
して	shite	modifiers	and
あそんでいます	asondeimasu	predicate	are playing (polite)