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Native English speaker, beginner in Japanese, but interested in Japanese grammar and historical Japanese linguistics.


May
20
revised Habitual aspect
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May
19
revised Is ending question sentences with の really feminine?
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Apr
16
revised What the difference between these two uses of toki?
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Apr
16
revised What the difference between these two uses of toki?
Clarify the last section.
Apr
16
revised What the difference between these two uses of toki?
Directly answer his question a little better.
Apr
11
revised Positive Past Plain form of Iku is Itta not iita?
Correct the info about 問う
Apr
11
revised Positive Past Plain form of Iku is Itta not iita?
Slight clarification.
Mar
28
revised What function did あり perform in classical Japanese 形容詞?
More examples to hopefully clarify why this confuses me. Many thanks to Tsuyoshi Ito.
Mar
25
revised What's the difference between ことがある or ことはある?
Fix bolding.
Mar
21
revised Meaning of “何か来るんやろなとは思ったけどな”
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Mar
21
revised Meaning of “何か来るんやろなとは思ったけどな”
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Mar
17
revised Using と to mark a question
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Mar
16
revised Which verb receives a negation in a Japanese sentence?
Fixed this answer-shattering typo.
Mar
13
revised Origin of -aru verbs: いらっしゃる、おっしゃる、くださる、なさる
Typo
Feb
15
revised How does pitch accent work in Japanese?
Relax my statement about binary notation being required for some dialects.
Feb
5
revised What function did あり perform in classical Japanese 形容詞?
This is probably better.
Feb
1
revised Where does です come from?
Added a note about competing theories for the etymology of です.
Jan
31
revised What suffix do you add to a verb to make it perfective or imperfective?
Progressive tense => progressive aspect, and make the イ音便 rule more accurate
Jan
31
revised What suffix do you add to a verb to make it perfective or imperfective?
Summary.
Jan
29
revised Where does です come from?
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