A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases, or clauses together.
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About the relationship between 「ので」 and 「~てください」: [duplicate]
According to "A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar", ので cannot be used in sentences that contains a request in the main clause.
However, in many phrases at sites or another grammar books I have ...
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「こわいだから。」 versus 「こわい、だから[…]」
In an answer on another question, @TsuyoshiIto wrote:
[U]nlike commas in English, 読点 in Japanese is rarely (if ever) grammatically required. Authors are free to use 読点 wherever they feel that it ...
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Can けれども be analysed further?
Consider the conjunction ども, e.g.:
行けども
言えども
Formation rule:
Verb Hypothetical form (仮定形) + ども
This leads me to hypothesise that the conjunction けれども (meaning "but; however; although") is ...
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けど vs. が for “but” conjuction
This question covers the difference between でも and けど for "but", the difference being that でも can be used at the beginning of a sentence. But けど and が are used in very much the same way, ...
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What is the function of の particle after Conjunction?
Here is the sentence: それなのにの言い換えや別の言い方。
Taking it apart: それなのに_Conjunction + の_Particle + 言い換え_Noun + や_Particle + 別_Noun? + の_Particle + 言い方_Noun。
This construction puzzles me. What is の doing right ...
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だが attached to the subject/topic
だが is often attached to the subject/topic of a sentence as follows, with my supposed translation.
近くに住む叔父だが, 最近具合が悪いと聞いている.
'Speaking of my uncle who lives close-by, I've heard lately he's isn't ...
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から ending a sentence
I've seen this in a few texts now and since it's appeared with some frequency I thought to post the question here. I tried searching online but came up with no real conclusions.
ありませんから or plain form ...
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Is there a past tense conjugation form for ば？
I have been looking at conjunctive forms of verbs and my grammar books shows me a negative and affirmative version of ば but what about a past tense and a past tense negative?
Would they be じゃなてれば and ...
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How is ほか used as a conjunction?
What does ほか mean when it is used in a sentence like this: [situationA] ほか, [situationB]"
Specifically I would like a little help clarifying the following sentence:
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Meaning of この延長線上にこそ、
Does X。この延長線上にこそ、Y。 have the same meaning as XなのでY ?
Context: 今回、時間の制約が大変厳しい状況にありますが、[...]自動的なチェックのしくみを実現したいと考えます。この延長線上にこそ、新しい世代のより低コストな技術を安定的に評価できる体制が実現可能となります。
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How to use から and だから as conjunctions?
Recently I was studying the use of から and だから as conjunctions. Could anyone explain why one is used in these examples while the other is not?
Are there rules as to whether から and だから can follow a ...
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What are the various ways to express 'or' and when are they appropriate?
I'd like to get an idea of when it is appropriate to use different expressions for expressing disjunction (of the inclusive AND exclusive variety).
「AとBとCの中で...」、「どちら」、and 「か] come to mind, but I ...
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When is disjunctive-が appropriate in connecting sentences?
Consider the following:
[1] 僕は日本人ではなく, シンガポール人です。 (I'm not Japanese, I'm Singaporean)
[2] 僕は日本人ではないが, シンガポール人です。 (I'm not Japanese but Singaporean)
Comparing my sentences to the worked ...
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なく vs. なくて and stem form vs. てform as conjunctions
I have been wondering about this, since every time I hand in a 作文 in a Japanese class, I'm corrected on conjunctions. It seems to me that whenever I use a てform as a conjunction, a response comes back ...
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から and ので formation/conjugation differences
Consider the case when から and ので follows a noun, な-adjective, or noun-equivalent:
から：静かだから... "Because it is quiet..." (Subjective causality)
ので：静かなので... "Because it is quiet..." (Objective ...
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けど at the end of the sentence?
According to dictionaries, 「けど」 means ‘but’, ‘although’, ‘however’.
However, it seems to have slightly another meaning at the end of the sentence. For example, here are few example sentences with ...
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Significance of ところ in set phrases ところで and ところが
In two conjunctions 「ところで」 and 「ところが」 that mean "by the way / incidentally" and "however / nevertheless" respectively, what is the significance of the word 「ところ」?
How does ところ + で give the nuance of ...
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Are there various ways to use ~し?
The many ways to say “and” in Japanese thread showed me that ～し, ～し can be used give reasons for something.
この部屋は綺麗だし広いし間取りもいいから人気がある。This room is clean, wide and also good partition, so most of ...
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The many ways to say “and” in Japanese
In English, we just have one word for the conjunction and which works just fine for many categories, but in Japanese, there are separate words:
と joins nouns together in a closed list
や joins nouns ...
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What are the differences between 〜ので and 〜から?
When I was studying this, my 先生 kind of brushed over the point, and then years later, I realize that they are different, but I don't know exactly how.
The only thing I understand is that ので is more ...
