手早い答え
fruir は恩恵を享受し、fluir は途切れず流れます。
確実な見分け方は、英語から訳す前に、その単語の働きを見きわめることです。
それぞれの単語の働き
fruir
to enjoy or make use of
Use fruir for having the benefit, use, or enjoyment of a right, good, or experience.
fluir
to flow
Use fluir for moving continuously like liquid, traffic, speech, ideas, or time.
選び方
- fruir: Choose fruir if the sentence points to having the benefit, use, or enjoyment of a right, good, or experience.
- fluir: Choose fluir if the sentence points to moving continuously like liquid, traffic, speech, ideas, or time.
例文
A comunidade passou a fruir dos benefícios do parque.
The community began to enjoy the benefits of the park.
A conversa fluiu com naturalidade.
The conversation flowed naturally.
よくある落とし穴
The legal and literary verb fruir is easily mistaken for the much more common fluir. Look for enjoyment versus movement.
文脈の中で練習する
自分の実生活から文を一つ選び、二回書いてみましょう。一度はfruirで、もう一度はfluirで。どちらも成り立ちそうなら、意味の違いを言葉にしてみましょう。