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What are these forms: かけちゃお, つないじゃお?
I'm trying to understand the lyrics of a closing song of 「崖の上のポニョ」.
First verse is simple, but the second stopped me:
ペタペタ ピョーンピョン
足っていいな かけちゃお
ニギニギ ブンブン
お手てはいいな つないじゃお
What happened to arms and ...
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How did やわらかい gain its い?
As we know, there is a class of adjectives that end in 〜らか: 滑【なめ】らか, 明【あき】らか, 清【きよ】らか, 安【やす】らか, etc.
やわらか (柔らか or 軟らか) is also in this class of adjectives. However, it can also be written as the ...
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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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Does contraction and elision affect formation of relative clause?
For example, やらなければならない can modify 時 to form やらなければならない時 and I know that the adjective い ending can simply have a noun appended after it.
However when it's contracted to やらなきゃ can I simply add a ...
