トムの声がする。

Sentence Discussions Japanese
#1

That’s Tom’s voice.

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#2

I believe 声がする actually means “a voice is heard” . “That’s Tom’s voice”, isn’t that それはトムの声です ?

Disclaimer, I have been failing to learn Japanese for ages.

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#3

がする suggests that something is present and typically coming from something else. (eg. においがする、 あじがする、 かんじがする) so in this case Tom’s voice is present and the speaker can hear it.

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#4

According to my dictionary, 声がする means either “to speak” or “to hear a voice”. So this could be translated as “Tom speaks” or “I hear Tom’s voice.”

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