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11 questions linked to/from Jlpt/n5q5: 弟は部屋◯掃除をしました。◯: の versus に option
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Which is correct: の or を + 勉強に [duplicate]
I recently see this sentence:
日本へ美術の勉強に行きます
Previous lesson, I learnt that to express "to learn something", we use the pattern:
N (The subject to learn) + を + 勉強する
But the first sentence uses ...
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Difference Between べんきょう する and べんきょうを する
What is the difference between べんきょう する and べんきょうを する?
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Turning verbs into nouns
I am still not 100% when adding の to verbs
I understand that adding の to 泳ぐ makes it into a noun 泳ぐの so that you can comment on it like in 泳ぐのが上手です instead of 泳ぐが上手です which sounds weird.
But then ...
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Role of をする in 学習の助けをするおもちゃ
I am triing to figure out the use of をする in 学習の助けをするおもちゃ translated as toys to help you learn in this article
I learned a bit about noun + する / をする in this post but for what i understand so far we use ...
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Identifying relative clauses: Is this の replaceable with が?
I was browsing through the Japanese Dictionary for the definition of "歯医者”
One of the definition is as follow "歯の治療をする医者".
I believe that the の here is replaceable with が here. But I am not sure how ...
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Noun + し (日本語を勉強し始めたきっかけ)
What is the function of し here?
日本語を勉強し始めたきっかけ、そして日本語学習の目標は何ですか
How does it differ from
日本語を勉強始めたきっかけ、そして日本語学習の目標は何ですか
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Is 「子供を映画へ連れて行く約束した」 ungrammatical?
子供を映画へ連れて行く約束をした。
I promised to take my child to a movie.
Here's my parsing:
子供を映画へ連れて行く | relative clause
約束をした | verb phrase
We need a noun in order for it to be modified by a relative clause, so ...
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Questions about できる and the potential form
I know that the potential form can take either が or を depending on the volition degree when it comes to godan and ichidan verbs
漢字を読める (high volition) or 漢字が読める (low volition)
My question is regarding ...
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How does の連絡しな work in じゃあ、私早退の子の連絡しなきゃいけないから?
じゃあ私早退の子の連絡しなきゃいけないから
The teacher says this at the beginning of the scene, with no further context
I'm confused about the use of 早退の子の連絡 here. Specifically I don't see how の連絡しな works?
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Is there an actual difference in meaning or nuance between 私達の世話をする and 私達を世話する?
I have seen this pattern where を is replaced by の in many sentences that use a する verb. I got used to this construction by exposure and it has started to look less clunky and more natural to me, but ...
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What's the nuance between these two example sentrences from Genki I? [duplicate]
I'm currently studying Japanese using Genki as one of my resources. At the end of Lesson 8 for the second edition of Genki I, in a section called Expression Notes 9, the textbooks tries to explain ...
