Overview
This lesson covers three related expressions for talking about intentions and desires: trying something out, doing something before another action, and expressing what you want — both actions and objects.
Pattern 1: て-form ＋ みる — “Try Doing…”
Meaning: Attaching みる (to see) to the て-form creates the expression “try doing something” — doing an action to see what it’s like, or giving something a go for the first time.
Structure: [て-form] ＋ みる
💡 Why みる? みる literally means “to see” or “to look.” The idea behind て＋みる is “do it and see (what happens)” — just as you might “try something and see how it goes” in English. The verb みる here does not mean looking with your eyes; it expresses the testing or trying of an experience.
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