めったに～ない
～するのはほとんどない。
〔例〕店長【てんちょう】は優しい【やさしい】人【ひと】で、めったに怒らない【おこらない】。
'The store manager is a nice person and rarely gets angry.'
What does で mean in this sentence?
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1Please post text, not images.– user1478Commented Jun 15, 2018 at 10:03
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This で is continuous form of a auxiliary verb だ that means "conclusion".
It is used when a sentence follows. For example, 私は日本人で、彼はアメリカ人だ。(I am Japanese and he is American.).
answered Jun 15, 2018 at 13:25
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I mean 断定 because だ is 断定の助動詞. Are there other appropriate words for it? Commented Jun 15, 2018 at 15:16
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@Blavius It's just the name for the copula in Japanese school grammar, although the name doesn't really make sense.– user1478Commented Jun 15, 2018 at 18:11