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Is there a rule to writing verbs in hiragana or kanji when used as a suffix? [duplicate]
A common pattern I've noticed is for verbs like 行く and 来る after the て form of another verb. I know this is grammatically simply verb listing, but in terms of meaning the verbs often times sort of ...
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～ておく or ～とく for preparation (conjugation and nuance)
A few quick questions regarding ～ておく and the casual form ～とく
Firstly, when changing from ～ておく to the more casual ～とく I'm assuming the verb is first conjugated to the ～て form then the ～て is dropped and ...
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Auxiliary verbs in Japanese
What are auxiliary verbs in Japanese language?
Which verbs are auxiliary and how to tell which are auxiliaries, and which are normal?
It looks like the word です is an auxiliary verb. But why? What ...
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How to use あげます、もらいます、and くれます
I have yet to find a good source that covers this in full. But I've seen them being used in places where no giving or receiving is taking place. For example,
"写真をとってもらえませんか？"
and another one I ...
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Should I use ～てきた or ～て来た?
In the examples below
彼は私のところに荷物を送ってきた。
彼は私のところに荷物を送って来た。
荷物が私のところに送られてきた。
荷物が私のところに送られて来た。
would it be better to use the termination/set phrase てきた？ (no kanji) because this is changing the nuance ...
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In Japanese, what does the word "kimashita" mean and how does it work?
In my text book it says “kimashita” is the past form of “to come”.
But then in the textbook it says:
How long have you worked here?
Koko de wa dorekurai hataraite kimashita ka?
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What's the いて in 「忘れないでいて」 for?
I know that the verb changes from 忘れる(to forget) to 忘れないで (don´t forget) but I can´t understand the いて at the end.
At first, I thought it comes from the casual imperative form of いる as this post ...
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Differences between た/てた
Context: From Yotsuba&, they went gathering chestnuts and one of them had a bug in it so they threw it away. But here the young girl is eating from the rest and her sister is saying that there ...
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Usage and meaning : 寝ろ vs 寝てろ?
Source: page 32, Ch.82 of よつばと！
My translation of the highlighted text bubble is,
Now, sleep quietly okay.
But I am confused as to why 寝てろ is used here as opposed to 寝ろ? Is it because sleep is a ...
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How can verb て become an adverb?
I found a sentence
医者が「大丈夫ですか」と重ねて尋ねた。
with translation
The doctor repeatedly asked "Is it OK?".
As far as I know
The concatenation of て verb represents several actions which are done one ...
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Meaning of 寝てない
昨日｛きのう｝も全然｛ぜんぜん｝寝｛ね｝てない。*
Yesterday I didn't sleep at all.
Is it 寝る in て-form followed by ある in negative form? Or a contraction of 寝ていない?
Also, why is it not in past form? I thought one should say:
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What is this 行ってまいります
資料が届いたようですので、事務室に取りに行ってまいります。
"Because it looks like the documents have arrived, I go to the office to fetch them."
This sentence is an example from the grammar section of my textbook.
I've ...
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ている pronunciation/internalization
How are things like ている/でいる split in terms of pronunciation? Do people internalize/think of it as te-iru or tei-ru when speaking? (there is a small difference in what it would sound like between those ...
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Dropping particles in casual speech/songs
Hey i was listening to this song And it felt weird for me when one of these lines seemed to lack a particle, I am wondering if it is lacking one and it is ok to do so since it is a song, or if there ...
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The transitivity of (auxiliary) verbs
In the current section of my textbook, a bunch of verbal compositions was introduced, like:
読み終わり
歩き始め
祈り続け
終わり and 続け are classified as auxiliary verbs on jisho:
http://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%AF%E3%...
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Saying "I'm going to sleep"
Is 眠って行きます correct?
Is it Nemutte ikimasu or nemuttekimasu?
Informally.
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Use of する and しまう
忘れ物をしました
忘れ物をしまったんです
忘れ物をしてしました
忘れ物をしてしまったんです
Are all these four expressions acceptable, what is the difference among them?
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What is the difference between "verb-stem + verb" and "verb-て form + verb"?
例: 吸い取る 対 吸って取る
例: 噛み殺す 対 噛んで殺す
たしかに、意味は同じではないけど似ています。区別は何でしょうか。
What is the difference in meaning between the above verb pairs, and which construction would be used when?
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is Vてはじめて it's own grammar construction or simply something made up to help Japanese learners?
The Vてはじめて、construction is generally taught as its own grammar point to mean "not until X", "only after X". However from what I've been told by other learners as well as natives, ...
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What do the words 「きてやった」 mean?
It is a situation that a little girl throwing several raw eggs to two policemen. After that, she was running away and saying the below sentence.
Here is the sentence.
なっとうもふりかけてきてやった
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Help me understand 言ってみただけだよ
I found this sentence
言ってみただけだよ
and it is translated to
I'm just tried to say / I'm just saying
I don't understand why and I have a feeling it's because of みた. I know that みた is "to see" in ...
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what is "progressive form" in japanese?
I am making a Japanese verb conjugation app and can not seem to find the Japanese equivalent of "Progressive Form"
For example
辞書形 = dictionary form
命令形 = imperative form
可能形 = potential form
etc.
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How to properly use verb stem instead of the te form?
I'm writing an essay for school and to keep the word count down I've been using the verb masu form's stem instead of the te form.
However, I'm slightly confused by how consistent it needs to be. Does ...
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What is the difference between ～ていてください and ～ていってください?
a.ゆっくりしていてください
b.ゆっくりしていってください
What's the difference between these two sentences? How to translate them?
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What meaning does やって add to the following main verbs?
What meaning does the prefix やって give to the main verbs?
Is it a constant one can do with some other verbs as well?
For example
やって来る
やって見る
やって退ける
やって行く
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Why does this sentence have 帰って来なさい?
In A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar in the ~nasai section it has this example sentence: "早くうちに帰って来なさいよ。" with translation "Come home early, OK?".
I'm aware of the general difference between 帰る ...
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Kanjied 出した vs kananed だした in -dasu/dashta pattern
雪が降り出した。
It started to snow (unexpectedly).
In Maggie's article on this pattern "How to use V + 始める ( = hajimeru) / だす ( = dasu) / かける ( = kakeru)" she uses hiragana for this verb.
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What verb form is してきた?
What is してきた?
文化という言葉は、芸術や学問など人間が生み出した高い達成度を持つもの（ハイカルチャー）を指すとともに、人間の社会が長年にわたって形成してきた慣習や振舞いの体系を指す (source)
I suppose it's a conjugated form of する, but I can't find it.
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もらわれていくの grammar
I have problem understanding grammar in this sentence:
アニー、もらわれていくのがいやになったの。。。
Could you help to translate it and give links to grammar?
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The meaning of 示してみせろ
その点に不服があるのなら、学校側が納得するようにこの1年間で示してみせろ。
示す: 1. to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent, 2. to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.), 3. to indicate; to ...
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