Questions tagged [particle-と]
助詞「と」. Used as a conjunction ("and") or preposition ("with") when attached to nouns, or "if" when attached to verbs.
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Comparing nouns
Good day,
I would like some clarification with regards to comparing nouns. In some references like Minna no Nihongo, the sentence formula would be something like
A と B と + どちら のほうが/が + Adjectiveですか。
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Meaning of とし in this sentence
Aが出たとし、B。 (This is what the speaker is telling to another person on the phone)
Where A is an event that already happend (let's say an accident), and B means something like "I'll send you more info on ...
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What does 母と慕う彼女は mean?
What does
母と慕う彼女は
mean?
I posted the question on HiNative to no luck and Google Translate is definitely way off. The use of the と particle has me a bit confused.
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A sentence where the conjugation in the past tense confounds me
In the sentence:
これ以上は 死タからその 前に殺さナいと,
I find it perplexing that 死タからそ is conjugated in the past tense. It being the reason (-から) for 殺さナいと, shouldn't it be in present tense? Or am I mixing it up ...
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Is the と particle quotation literal or context matters?
I was listening to this one song and got a little confused about its meaning.
There seems to be a guy talking a bout himself, and then he talks about a girl who either, supposedly, would talk about ...
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Function of と in this sentence
I'm struggling with figuring the function of the particle と in this sentence from a book of Japanese literature in parallel text from the beginning of 夏目漱石's 夢十夜:
腕組をして枕元に坐っていると、仰向に寝た女が、...
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Clarifying on the use of と
I came over this sentence during my study.
ちらっと見ると、彼女も寒さで震えている
I understand the latter half of the sentence, in the sense that "the girl was shivering from the cold".
However, I have no idea what ...
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Should I replace commas with と in Japanese?
I have seen many times sentences that connect many objects with と which in English would require comma. So, is it better to generally just replace comma with と whenever connecting many things together?...
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how do I use と書くいてありました in different tempus
I'm struggling to learn how to use と書くいてありました in citing from things I have read and learn to quote it in the japanese way. the way I use 書くいて is apparently in the wrong tempus so is it okay to use ...
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meaning of とが in this sentence
I saw this in news:
アパートで、３０前後と見られ男性が血まみれで、死亡しているところとが見つかれました。
Can anyone explain what is the use of とが in this sentence, and maybe provide some examples?
