hi i found ごと through immersion and when i looked it up it says it is a normalizing suffix can anyone clear this out for me i am still confused of how to use this word.
example sentence if it helps
えらい他人事だな
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1Are you sure this isn't こと as a nominalizer? If not, can you provide more context? Where did you see this and can you provide examples? – kandyman Aug 3 '20 at 18:53
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他人事 is a set phrase meaning "someone else's business", so it's not a good example to use for your purpose. – Jimmy Sep 4 '20 at 21:08
事【こと】 is used to nominalize (not normalize) verbs, in other words turn a verb like "to eat" 食べる into "eating" 食べること as in 食べることが好き "I like eating".
事 can basically be translated as "thing / matter" and in the case of 他人事 it means "the things concerning other people" / "other peoples affairs". Note that it can also occur in words such as "human resources" 人事【じんじ】.
