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Apr 29th 2012 12:06
Lay is past tense of lie, right?
But this word has lots of meaning which confused me deeply.



The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

真実の大洋は私の前に、発見されないままに、横たわっている。
http://twitsound.jp/musics/1973
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simonxuanshen
Apr 29th 2012 12:28
The past tense of lie (giving false information) is lied.
The past tense of lie (It' is used like: to Lay down (noun) or to lie down. or I laid down.

I must confess, English can be a very confusing langauge
Apr 29th 2012 12:42 Toshiaki
Honestly speaking, lots of Japanese starts hate English after learned “which is correct chose lie or lay “.lol
Apr 29th 2012 12:44 simonxuanshen
haha, don't worry :)
Once you get used to it, you automatically pick the right one :)
Jibilis
Thank you for your correction!
Apr 29th 2012 12:30
  • Lay is past tense of lie, right?

  • Lay is the past tense of lie, right?

    This is right, but I would like to share a link that may explain "lay" and "lie" a little better than I can. http://grammartips.homestead.com/lie.html

 
  • But this word has lots of meaning which confused me deeply.

  • But this word has lots of meanings which confused me deeply.

 
  • The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

  • The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

    For this sentence, I would say that "lay" means: the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies: the lay of the land.

 
I am not sure how to explain lay/lie easily, but here is another link that gives many examples of how "lay" is used as a noun, verb and a few other examples that you may find helpful.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lay?s=t

If you need further clarification, please don't hesitate to ask. I'll help out if I can.
Apr 29th 2012 12:46 Toshiaki
Oh, thank you so much for your correction and sharing a good link. I will make sure to use it.=^-^=
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Lay is past tense of lie, right? But this word has lots of meaning which confused me deeply. The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. 真実の大洋は私の前に、発見されないままに、横たわっている。 http://twitsound.jp/musics/1973 Newton ニュ


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