Verbs such as いる, おく, しまう, and つづく which can follow the て-form of another word. Called 補助動詞（ほじょどうし) in Japanese. Sometimes also used to describe 助動詞（じょどうし), which are conjugatable function words such as ない and ます.
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Can 助動詞(auxiliary verbs) be used with other 助動詞?
I've been learning about these for awhile, but everything I've seen them used in doesn't use more than 1 at a time. Is there a reason for that?
Also my materials don't really explain the subtleties ...
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What is なく・ない and why is it used?
This question showed the following:
言わない (negative)
言わなく・ない (negative+negative)
言わなく・なかった (negative+negative+past)
I've never seen this conjugation before. Why would you have a negative + ...
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Why “you don't have to want to hold”? [closed]
ベルボーイがいますから、にもつをもたくなくてもいいです。
The sentence above has --for me-- some confusing verb tensing. In particular, もたくなくてもいい. This much I think I understand: Because there is a bellboy, I don't need to want ...
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What is the etymology of 〜ません（でした）?
I have always been interested in the negative polite (〜ません) and negative past-polite (〜ませんでした) inflections of verbs.
My understanding is that ます is an inflectable function word (助動詞), so I'm ...
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Which verb receives a negation in a Japanese sentence?
I can say 歩いて渡る which translates to "to cross by walking". However, if I would like to say "I am not going to cross by walking, but by some other means", would I say
歩かないで渡る or 歩いて渡らない?
There are ...
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Meaning of auxiliary ゆく/いく in this context
While translating a song, I've stumbled upon the following sentence:
落ちた希望を拾って明日に繋いでゆけば
Which got me wondering what the difference between the following two is:
落ちた希望を拾って明日に繋いでゆけば
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Is ない an “auxiliary verb”?
My dictionary says 助動詞{じょどうし} means "auxiliary verb". This sounds intuitively correct; 動詞 means verb, so 助動詞 sounds like a type of verb.
But the 助動詞「ない」 looks like an auxiliary adjective, not an ...
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Is 来おった the 連用形{れんようけい} of くる plus おる → おった?
I came across the following dialogue, which occurs right as the hero arrives:
「やっと来おったか。」
I'm not sure how to parse 来おった. Is it 来{き} + 居{お}る? If so, what exactly does this form mean? Do other ...
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Cohortative ましょう with and without the auxiliary construction ～てみる
In "何かしてみましょう。" meaning "Let's try/do something.", what is the literal translation of "してみましょう"? I've got "して" means "doing" and "みましょう" means "let's watch or let's?".
How is "してみましょう" different ...
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What does the “~ておく” mean in “任せておく”?
Good afternoon all,
From what I understand, "~ておく" basically has 4 meanings:
to do something for a purpose / reason
used as a softener (source)
to do.. for now or for the time being (source, ...
