やる (1) (I. 584)

Example sentences

(ksa). 
貧乏な家庭は子共を大学にやれない
Poor families cannot send their children to college.
(ksb). 
僕は弟に自転車をやるつもりだ。
I intend to give a bike to my younger brother.
(ksc). 
午後、テニスをやりませんか。
Won't you play tennis this afternoon?
(ksd). 
今アメリカで日本語の教師をやっています
I'm now (literally: doing) a Japanese instructor in the U.S.
(kse). 
三船敏郎のやる役は正義感の強い男だ。
The role played by Toshiro Mifune is a male with a strong sense of justice.
(ksf). 
先月まで煙草をやっていました
I was smoking up until last month.
(a). 
息子を郵便局にやって、切手を買って来させた。
I sent my son to the post office and had him buy stamps.
(b). 
猫にこのえさをやってね。
Give this food to the cat, OK?
(c). 
宿題をやりましたか。
Did you do your homework?
(d). 
チェスをやろうか。
Shall we play chess?
(e). 
来月クラス会をやります
We will have (literally: do) a class reunion next month.
(f). 
ちょっと遅れるから、先に(食事を)やっていて下さい。
I'm coming in a bit late, so please start eating without me.
(g). 
私は酒も煙草もやりません
I neither drink nor smoke.
(h). 
私は去年から生け花をやっています
I have been learning flower arrangement since last year.
(i). 
僕は小さい時色々な病気をやりました
When I was a kid I suffered from various diseases
(j). 
友達がジャズ喫茶をやっている
My friend is running a jazz cafe.

Formation

(i) someone が someone を placeにやる
私が息子を外国にやるI will send my son to a foreign country
(ii) someone が someone に somethingをやる
僕が妹に人形をやるI will give my younger sister a doll
(iii) someone が somethingをやる
友達が弁護士をやるMy friend is (literally doing) a lawyer