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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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Expressing the “after [verb]-ing”, using 後で, -てから, 後に, 後から?
It's my understanding that when telling what you did after an action can be said using:
た後で
てから
た後に
For instance,
さおとめさんが泳いでから私たちはお祭りで会いました。
さおとめさんが泳いだ後{あと}で私たちはお祭りで会いました。
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“Grammatically-correct” particle-less phrases/sayings
I know that within an informal/familiar setting, people often leave out particles. Whether or not this is grammatically correct I'm not positive, but for the sake of this question, I'll say that it's ...
