Told About Something

Question

I want to say that my waiter told me about Japanese restaurants or taught me info about them. I was thinking that I might just try フュージョンは　日本の食堂を　教えました。 But that would mean the waiter taught Japanese restaurants to me wouldn't it? I would like to say that he told me about something? How do I say "about" something? Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

First thing I would like to point out is that 教えりました is fundamentally wrong. I think you were looking for 教えました (Remember that 教える is 一段｛いちだん｝ or "weak" verb).

In this case however, I think you would like to express gratitude for the person who taught you and thus stay polite. I would reach for either the active 教えてもらう or passive 教えてくれる depending on where you want to put the emphasis.

To express about the easiest is probably to use について.

Thus something along the lines of :

• フージョンは（私に）和食のレストランについて教えてくれた・教えてくれました。
• （私は）フージョンに和食のレストランについて教えてもらった・教えてもらいました。

Should do just fine. Note that I used レストラン instead of 食堂 because the latter, at least in my opinion carries a notion of "canteen", thus a low-end place. Feel free to modify that part !