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<te form> + っと (conditional particle)
こんなとこで寝てっと風邪ひくぞ
Is this a contraction of something? How does it differ from something like 寝ると or 寝てると?
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What does いなきゃ mean? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Difference between ~なきゃ and ~なくちゃ
What does いなきゃ mean?
thanks in advance
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Difference between ~なきゃ and ~なくちゃ
I know what one of them is なくてはいけません and the other one なければなりません, I just don't know which is which, also a few example sentences would help a lot, thank you.
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What is the って in 連れてってくれる?
ALC can give several examples of this, not only in 連れてって:
いつ私たちを湖に連れてってくれるの？ When are you going to take us to the lake?
これ、帰りに叔母さんとこ、持ってってちょうだい。Will you take this to your aunt on your way home ...
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How to understand the contractionしていて、/-てて
I am trying to better understand this sentence:
金さんは、微妙なニュアンスまで気にされてて、すごいですね。
It's amazing how interested you are in these subtle nuances.
Is the following an accurate understanding of this ...
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Where does the verbal form しとく come from?
In a manga I am currently reading, one of the character exclaims:
安心しな。秘密に しとく から。
The general meaning of the second part ("I'll keep it a secret") is quite obvious, and it seems that "しとく" ...
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What is the usage of 「つー」, what does it mean and what other ways are there to express the same thing ?
I've seen this many times in mangas, here's one example:
アンタなんかが手にしていいお金じゃない*っつーの*！！！
Context: A girl catches a thief that stole today's takings at the shop she's working at.
Thank you! ...
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What does 染めちゃえ mean here?
Saw this on twitter:
A: マオにゃん、シドギャの彼女が出来ない僕に一言くれたら幸いです ...
B: 付き合った後に染めちゃえ
What is 染めちゃえ here?
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Colloquial Contraction Confusion
This is taken from one of the mindless pop songs I shouldn't even be listening to:
なんてったって ラッキー！
I know what なんて and ラッキー mean, of course, but I can't figure out in a way that makes sense to me ...
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What does っつの mean?
I recently saw 冗談だっつの. What does it っつの mean, or how does it modify the meaning of a sentence?
