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Verb in ている form ends with しまう
I'm confused by this sentence:
わたしが答える前に急いで川のふちへ歩いていってしまった。
Before I answered he had hurriedly walked to the river side???.
歩いている means walking i.e. progressive form but しまう denotes ...
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What's the difference between 歩んでいった and 歩んできた?
私はまっすぐな人生を歩んできた。
私はまっすぐな人生を歩んでいった。
Could someone explain to me the difference between the two? Thanks a lot!
Edit:
I still find ていった confusing even after reading the other post.
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「しまう」 as an auxiliary verb
I feel like I always see 「しまう」 at the end of sentences (not the verb "to put away"). I saw some examples here on Weblio.
どうしても写真は実物より劣ってしまう。 Pictures really don't do it justice.
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What is the meaning of 座っておいで?
The おいで after the Te-form seems to convey a kind of command.
Could you explain the usages of this word, what part of speech is it and how it differs from the other kinds of commands?
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What is the function of ちょうだい in 読んでちょうだい?
What is the function of ちょうだい after 読んで?
I am not quite sure, but I think I saw this subsidiary verb a couple of times in this fixed form and never in another conjugation.
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What is a subsidiary verb?
What is a subsidiary verb? Could someone please explain it and give some examples of its application?
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Some questions regarding ~てくる (edited)
Up to now my understanding of ~てくる has been very vague. No matter how many explanations I read, in practice my translations always feel uneasy. Here are a few unresolved doubts I have:
From what I ...
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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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Likely Sentences (Nuance in use of 〜てもらう vs Passive form)
Our professor gave us some problems where you are suppose to circle which statement the person is more likely to say. Below is an example.
おまわりさん
よく道を聞かれます。
よく道を聞いてもらいます。
I think this means ...
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What's the difference between ～てある and ～た (past form)?
As I understand it てある is rather different to ている in that it refers to a resultant state rather than an ongoing action.
However I wonder, what then is the practical difference between a resultant ...
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Can 助動詞(auxiliary verbs) be used with other 助動詞?
I've been learning about these for awhile, but everything I've seen them used in doesn't use more than 1 at a time. Is there a reason for that?
Also my materials don't really explain the subtleties ...
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Which verb receives a negation in a Japanese sentence?
I can say 歩いて渡る which translates to "to cross by walking". However, if I would like to say "I am not going to cross by walking, but by some other means", would I say
歩かないで渡る or 歩いて渡らない?
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Cohortative ましょう with and without the auxiliary construction ～てみる
In "何かしてみましょう。" meaning "Let's try/do something.", what is the literal translation of "してみましょう"? I've got "して" means "doing" and "みましょう" means "let's watch or let's?".
How is "してみましょう" different ...
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Difference between -ていく and -てくる
Can someone explain the differences between v-ていく and v-てくる for me. I know that they both express some kind of ongoing action (like a place getting crowded). For example, what's the difference between ...
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