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Jun 10 |
comment |
Can 【～たら】 be a short form of 【～てから】? Dropping consonsants happens in one of the most common words in the language: おはよう. The origin is basically お+はやく -> おはやう -> おはよう. ありがとう was formed by the same process. Adverbs are still formed this way today in Kansai-ben, too. |
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Jun 10 |
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「～たじゃない」 expression in spoken Japanese "putting の everywhere is a bad habit if you're not a girl"? First I've heard of this. If you end your sentence with の (as opposed to のだ), that's one thing, but I'm not aware of the use of の/ん being itself feminine. |
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Jun 10 |
revised |
や in Kansai-ben when it is not だ changed a full-width space to a half-width space |
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Jun 8 |
answered | Use of the particle を to mean where something is going? |
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Jun 8 |
comment |
森 vs 林 for forest I'd say "woods"... "copse" is an exceedingly rare word. |
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Jun 8 |
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Why is 「昨夜」 pronounced as 「ゆうべ」 {yuube} and 「今日」 as 「きょう」 {kyou}? This is not a case of ateji. Ateji means using a kanji for its sound instead of its meaning. This is using a kanji for its meaning instead of its sound. |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Jun 8 |
accepted | や in Kansai-ben when it is not だ |
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Jun 8 |
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What's the difference between wa (は) and ga (が)? While this certainly isn't a bad question -- in fact, it's one that virtually every student of Japanese asks -- I think that it may be more helpful to ask questions about specific usages. Like if you see a sentence that uses が where you would expect は, you can post that as a question -- why is it like that? |
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Jun 8 |
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What's the difference between wa (は) and ga (が)? expanded answer with the bit about how these answer implicit questions |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Editor |
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Jun 8 |
revised |
や in Kansai-ben when it is not だ improved formatting |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Student |
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Jun 8 |
asked | や in Kansai-ben when it is not だ |
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Jun 8 |
comment |
When do you use 下さい as opposed to ください Shouldn't it be an answer rather than a comment, then? I think the difference is significant enough to warrant it... |
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Jun 8 |
answered | What's the difference between wa (は) and ga (が)? |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jun 8 |
answered | When is the katakana form of wo (ヲ) used? |
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Jun 8 |
answered | What is 「々」 and how does it affect meaning and pronunciation? |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Teacher |
