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2 Replies ・ Started by RandomKiwiGuy at 2022-10-23 02:30:24 UTC ・ Last reply by Leebo at 2022-10-23 02:44:53 UTC
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Unsure of meaning

Hiya all, I'm learning the Japanese language from scratch and 'Japanese101' videos along with a preschoolers book that I got to learn to read and structure basics (only to start).
I've made it onto the third page and did a breakdown of it word for word to understand the meanings etc. And I'm struggling to understand the context/meaning of "わっ". The book is 「しろくまちゃんのほっとけーき」。the context of the 「わっ」 is 「たまごを わって ぎゅうにゅう いれて よく かきまぜるのね」 and help would be great.

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Leebo at 2022-10-23 02:43:10 UTC

わって is the て form of the verb わる (written as 割る in kanji) which you can find an entry for here.

https://jisho.org/word/%E5%89%B2%E3%82%8B

たまごをわる means "to break an egg", and the て form allows the sentence to continue and express the consecutive nature of the actions.

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Leebo at 2022-10-23 02:44:53 UTC

Meant to say "crack an egg" is more the sense here, intentionally breaking the shell to use in cooking.

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