The short syntactic words or affixes in Japanese that are used to modify words or entire sentences.
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In what cases do I use 見られる with を? [duplicate]
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The difference between が and を with the potential form of a verb.
I know the difference between 見る, 見られる, and 見える. I know that 見える and 見られる are verbs expressing a ...
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Article versus postposition [closed]
I have come to the conclusion that to the beginner it is useful to equate the particle は with the article ‘the’ in English. Even more so for a Swedish speaker since the Swedish article is an ending.
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で used for abstract location?
Consider the sentence:
今度の旅行は全部で何人行きますか。
I would roughly translate it literally to:
For this trip, in the domain of "total"(abstract location), how many people will be going?"
And then ...
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The uses & etymology of で
In Japanese, the particle で seems to have multiple uses:
Instrumental: 車{くるま}で大阪{おおさか}に行{い}った。 "I went to Osaka by car."
Locative: 図書館{としょかん}で数学{すうがく}を勉強{べんきょう}している。 "I'm studying math in the ...
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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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Limitations of に for emphasis?
I remember having learning that に can be used for a simple emphasis of the word before it, like so:
私はケーキを食べた - I ate cake
私にはケーキを食べた - I ate cake (the others may or may not have, but I did)
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What particles can be used in the ～よう ～まい pattern?
In the pattern ～よう ～まい, I've found from several sources that you can use が and と (i.e ～ようが ～まいが), and using one over the other doesn't change the meaning or have a particular nuance. What's confusing ...
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Transitive verb particles
How do I learn which particles go with which transitive verbs since it is not always を。
For example:
ラップをかける
ラップを被せる
...is no problem, but...
ラップで包む
役に立てる
JDICT says these are all transitive ...
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ほんの時々私の中で顔を出し、しばらくすると消えてしまうもの。Are there any other options to replace the で here?
ほんの時々私の中で顔を出し、しばらくすると消えてしまうもの。
My attempt at translation: "Every once in a while my inner feelings show themselves, only to disappear again."
The above was taken from the following dialogue:
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How do you break down “かといって”?
In the phrase かといって or かと言って, meaning having said that, on the other hand, I'm not sure what the か and と are.
My first guess is that these are the generic particles (か+と+いって), but I couldn't find any ...
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What is the difference between using なる with the particles に and と [duplicate]
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What is the difference between 〜となる and 〜になる?
What is the difference between using なる with the particles に and と? When should which be used?
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Ending a sentence in ぞと
One of the people I follow on twitter sometimes ends his sentences in ぞと. Is this just a more polite form of ぞ？
Here's an example:
ブログUPしましたぞと♪(´ε｀ )
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Can より be used differently than saying “b more x than a”?
I could not find any examples of this usage, but what I'm basically asking is whether or not this is possible:
怒るより悲しいですよ
Rather than being mad, I am sad
Is this a legitimate way of using ...
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Fun with particles - making a sentence that uses as many as 'em
Let's have some fun with particles! Create a sentence using as many particles as you can. Rules:
The sentence can combine any number of clauses or ideas but it must be meaningful (i.e. no gibberish) ...
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Does には in this sentence imply vagueness of the source?
This comes from a friend's post on Facebook. The situation is that my friend had injured his leg a while back, but it has since healed and he's now in for a checkup. His leg is in great condition, so ...
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Use of はじめて and どれだっけ?
I don't really know where to ask for help, usually I got the meaning of a sentence on my own but, well this sentence is giving me a hard time, it seems easy but I can't figure out what's the use of ...
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Help with sentence 私が外国を歩くようになったのは・・・
This clause is from a book that I'm reading called "日本人が知らない世界の歩き方". It's the first clause of the first sentence in the book and coincidentally the first one that I'm having trouble with. In ...
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Can particle と and で both mean with? [duplicate]
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particle で versus particle と
For example:
今晩家族*で*レストランに行きます。(Konban kazoku de resutoran ni ikimasu)
Tonight, I will go to the restaurant with my family.
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Introducing indirect questions with と
I find it difficult to translate Japanese indirect questions into my own language partly because of different grammatical patterns and verb conjugation altogether; for example, what about this ...
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particles for dekiru [duplicate]
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が and に interchangeability and difference in meaning
I have another question with “dekiru”.
When this verb is used the particle “ni”? For example, like in the following ...
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Particle confusion
I'm about halfway through Genki II, and the particles are starting to mess with me like never before. In particular を, が and に.
I know the general principles like が and に making a subject or indirect ...
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Difference between ◯◯を掃除 and ◯◯に掃除
What's the difference between ◯◯を掃除 and ◯◯に掃除？
Trying to understand the following, which using "に"
引き続き執筆。合間のリフレッシュに掃除
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Who is the subject of Aにはaction?
Here's an example.
メイドにはびびった
Who was scared, the speaker, or the maid?
