Question About These Word: Participate & Join
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How are you doing recently? As for me, I was under the weather for a few days, waiting for the day I can go to a gym. I feel better this evening, and finally went there!
Today, I came up with a question about the difference between the word "participate" and "join."
I remember that when I took an English lesson from an American person long time ago, he corrected my sentence "I will join a meeting" to "I will participate a meeting." I'm afraid that I don't remember the exact sentence, but I am sure that the correction was from "join" to " participate."
He said that when I took part in the meeting for the first time, I could use "join," but I should use "participate" because it was a periodic meeting for me.
Does it make sense?
Is the difference between them just the level of politeness?
Today, I came up with a question about the difference between the word "participate" and "join."
I remember that when I took an English lesson from an American person long time ago, he corrected my sentence "I will join a meeting" to "I will participate a meeting." I'm afraid that I don't remember the exact sentence, but I am sure that the correction was from "join" to " participate."
He said that when I took part in the meeting for the first time, I could use "join," but I should use "participate" because it was a periodic meeting for me.
Does it make sense?
Is the difference between them just the level of politeness?
As for me, I was under the weather for a few days, waiting for the day I could go to the gym.
'Join' is a lot more casual than participate and more familiar. 'Participate' also means you are going to be more involved in the meeting, talking and listening in it whereas 'join' could just be a person listening to the meeting.
Usually in an office/job setting 'participate' is used, so it sounds more natural to use this version, even though join is technically correct. If you were talking about a game or a party, a more casual situation 'join' would be used. I guess it depends what word is more common in the situation!
Thank you for coming by and correcting my entry!
I understood about the difference between them from your explanation!
I seem to have misunderstood how and when to use the word "join."
It was a good lesson!
Sorry you've been "under the weather" recently. Also "not up to par."
(Tokoro de, if it rains "cats and dogs" [a lot of hard, steady rain], I hope you don't step in a poodle .... ] ;-)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! lol
I will respond with my best efforts not to step in a poodle! hahaha Be my poodle!
私は相談があります。日本語でも意味の近い言葉もありますね。たとえば、｢美しい｣と｢きれい｣など。Can you tell me the difference between those two? I thought of other examples earlier but I can't remember them now...
Ah! Surprise!
How come you know my origiral sentence that I used "join"?!
I remembered that I said "I will join an(English) club." That is why the American person said that it should be "participate", right?
Thank you for teaching me this!
きれい ＆ 美しい
きれい> It has the meaning of clear （清い）
美しい＞It has the meaning of impressive（印象的な）
e.g. oきれいに手を洗う
X 美しく手を洗う
O 美しい友情
X きれいな友情
How about when describing a person? Can a person be 美しい and きれい too?
There are some ways:
可愛い人、きれいな人、美しい人、
I'm sorry I can't explain the difference among them well.
For me, きれいな人 is kind of rosy with great atomosphere, who I want to be.
美しい人 is kind of artistic in terms of the figure of her face.
Again, it really depends on someone's perception.
I belong to a club where English learners get together and practice debating twice a month.
Clearly, those two sentences are correct?
1 I will join an English debating club this week.
2 I will paRcitipate in an English debating club this week.
arigato gozaimasu!
"I'm going to join an English debating club this week, and I intend to participate in a debate there the first chance I get." (Just showing you some other ways to write it.)
Thank you, JohnBoy san!!!
:)/ Have a great day today too!
How are you doing recently?
Here are some typical casual ways to go about writing the above. "Hey, how's it going?" "How are you doing?" "How you doing these days?" Or my favorite and super casual/slang, "Yo! Whats up?"
As for me, I was feeling under the weather for a few days, and I had been waiting for the day I could go to the gym.
I feel better this evening, and finally went there!
Way to get back into the gym!
Today, I came up with a question about the difference between the word "participate" and "join."
Join
Join can mean you sign up to do something, but never actually do it. For example.
I joined the gym.
It means I became a member. But it doesn't mean that I went to the gym and did anything.
Usually when people say they "join" something it means that they become a part of that something.
"I joined a team"
"I will join that gym"
"I joined my friends last night for drinks"
Participate
Usually, when you "participate" in something it means you went and actually did something.
"I participated in last weeks even"
"I participated in yesterdays meeting."
Hello!
Thank you so much for correcting my entry and teaching me how to use them!!!
Join has a meaning of "becoming a member," hasn't it? That is why the American person who I met before was confused with my word.
I went to your entry now. The title is awesome! I love that!
Trust me, I asked your girlfriend to be kinder to you from the moment on.
^_^笑
How are you doing recently? (How have you been doing recently?)
Today, I came up with a question about the difference between the word "participate" and the word "join." (or -- ...between the words "participate" and "join.")
I remember that when I took an English lesson from an American person a long time ago, he corrected my sentence "I will join a meeting" to "I will participate in a meeting." I'm afraid that I don't remember the exact sentence, but I am sure that the correction was from "join" to " participate."
The main difference in this case is whether or not the event will repeat regularly. The word "join" implies that you have made a commitment to go several times. The word "participate" can be used for something you do once or for something you do many times. Here are some examples:
O I joined a class that meets every Wednesday.
O I participate in a class that meets every Wednesday.
X I joined a class last Wednesday. (<--不自然)
O I participated in a class last Wednesday.
"Join" usually has a meaning close to "sign up" or "make a commitment." In the first example "joined" is past tense because you "signed up" at the beginning, but "participate" is present tense because you still "go to it" now.
If you want to say 参加 then "participate" or "take part in" is usually correct.
Your explanation is what I really wanted to know! It's still complecated for me to use it freely though, I can study it from your lesson.
Thank you so much! I am going to look for some more examples, then I will get the hang of it.
Thank you for your great corrections too!
Smiles:))