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“To call” or “To receive a call”
Consider these example sentences taken from SPACEALC:
[a] （人に）電話をかける。 "put in a call to ~"
[b] ~が（主語に）電話をかける。 "receive a telephone call from"
My observations: Both sentences use かける. ...
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What is the difference between 「食べるいいですか」 and 「食べていいですか」
They both mean "Can you/I eat?"
So can they be used interchangeably?
I know that the て-form is used when speaking a command to someone so is it a more direct(?) form of asking a question? Like asking ...
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What is あっちゃう in this sentence?
My friend sent me an email saying her mobile phone is having problems. Specifically, she said this:
携帯{けいたい}の電池{でんち}が電話{でんわ}すると5分{ふん}でなくあっちゃうようになった
I get the overall meaning, which is that when ...
