pretty basic question, but I was curious if an adverb needs copula (like a noun, or na-adjective) or not (like an i-adjective).
For example:
- たいへんだそう or たいへんそう
- ぴったり(+だ?)
- 私はズバズバ(+だ?)<- can i even use a sentence like this?
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Sign up to join this communitypretty basic question, but I was curious if an adverb needs copula (like a noun, or na-adjective) or not (like an i-adjective).
For example:
In casual/colloquial speech, you can often (but not always) drop the copula だ・です after adverbs such as くたくた、ふらふら、こりごり、がらがら (同じ音を繰り返すもの), がっかり、しっとり、さっぱり (「〇っ〇り」「〇ん〇り」の形のもの) -- those that generally can function as a する-verb or an onomatopoeia.
e.g.
このぬいぐるみはふわふわだ。 → このぬいぐるみ、ふわふわ。
おなかがぺこぺこです。 → おなかぺこぺこ。
このスカートはぴったりだ。 → このスカート、ぴったり。
もううんざりです。 → もううんざり。
たいへんだそう or たいへんそう
Actually, no adverb is used in these examples. The そう's used here are an auxiliary (dictionary form: そうだ), not an adverb. たいへん's used here are both a na-adjective, not an adverb.
But if you're asking whether they can be used at the end of a sentence with no copula attached...
(様態) たいへんそうです。 → たいへんそう。
It's common to use it that way in casual/colloquial speech.
Regarding:
(伝聞) たいへんだそうです。 → たいへんだそう。
It's also okay, though you might see 「~だそう。」 more in the written form (eg ブログやエッセイなど). (In casual/colloquial speech, we often say 「たいへんらしい。」「たいへんみたい。」 or 「たいへんなんだって。」 etc.)
I think especially in colloquial speech, you can omit copulas, but in rather formal speech, copulas such as です、ます would be requited. By the way, I don't understand what this
私はズバズバ
sentence mean. Regarding your 2 sentences, which are
たいへんそうだ
and
たいへんだそう
are both quite different, because whereas たいへんそうだ denotes the subjective view of the other's behavior, like "It looks like A is quite dreadful in XXXX", on the other hand, たいへんだそう denotes like "I heard A is in trouble", meaning a hearsay or a report from someone. Since these 2 sentences are quite different, I would like to refrain from speaking about copulas.