Difference between "山を登ったり、降りたり...." and "山を登って、降りて..."


What are the differences in meaning between:

  1. "山を登ったり、降りたり、よく考えた。"
  2. "山を登ってって、降りてって、よく考えた。"
  3. "山を登って、降りて、よく考えた。"




  1. "山を登ったり、降りたり、よく考えた。" is an unnatural sentence. If it's something like 山を登ったり、降りたり、よく遊んだ, you can interpret that the concrete actions of playing include climbing or descending a mountain. Or, if it's 山を登ったり、降りたり、よく考えたりした, it means that you did many things including climbing and descending a mountain or thinking profoundly.

  2. "山を登ってって、降りてって、よく考えた。" is a contraction of …登って行って、降りて行って…, i.e. "I went on climbing a mountain, went on descending and thought of it profoundly", where you take these actions in this order.

  3. "山を登って、降りて、よく考えた。" means that you climbed and descended a mountain, then thought.




  1. "山を登ったり、降りたり、よく考えた。" is an unnatural sentence. If it's something like 山を登ったり、降りたり、よく遊んだ, you can interpret that the concrete actions of playing include climbing or descending a mountain. Or, if it's 山を登ったり、降りたり、よく考えたりした, it means that you did many things including climbing and descending a mountain or thinking profoundly.

  2. "山を登ってって、降りてって、よく考えた。" is a contraction of …登って行って、降りて行って…, i.e. "I went on climbing a mountain, went on descending and thought of it profoundly", where you take these actions in this order.

  3. "山を登って、降りて、よく考えた。" means that you climbed and descended a mountain, then thought.

