Questions tagged [parts-of-speech]
品詞. The primary lexical categories such as nouns, verbs, and particles. In linguistics, often referred to as 'lexical class' or 'word class'.
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What part of speech is あたたかく?
In the following sentence:
3 月ごろ、だんだん あたたかく なります。
Is あたたかく an い-adjective which has been turned into an adverb,
and has been used with another adverb (だんだん) in this sentence?
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The purpose of には in the sentence 'こんないっぱい黒歴史持ってるには若すぎる'
https://twitter.com/sally_amaki/status/1505553739096408066
In this tweet, the English sentence
I’m way too young to have this much past to cringe about.
got translated to
こんないっぱい黒歴史持ってるには若すぎる。
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How exactly are 準体助詞 and 形式名詞 different? In what regard? And where does の stand?
I have read several definitions (e.g. here and here) and explanations (here for example), but I am not sure any real differences are drawn except one is 助詞, the other 名詞.
The list given for 形式名詞:
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Are 接続詞 a syntactically unified class or classes of words, and what are the rules governing them?
A recent comment under a question of mine prompted me to consider how 接続助詞 work syntactically, and to discover that different ones follow different 形 (Japanese Wikipedia has a nice list). However, no ...
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Are forms of address and kinship terms pronouns/代名詞 in Japanese? Why or why not?
It hit me when I was editing this question which had the pronouns tag. I wasn't sure if 「娘」 is considered a pronoun in Japanese. Looking for relevant examples of kinship terminology in English, I ...
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What does mean Vる+とこ?
I was watching Terrace House and someone used Vる+とこ many times in her sentence so I was wondering what it mean.
Here is her sentence :
鼻クソほじるとこ、よだれ飛ばすとこ、あと 下ネタばっか言ってるとこ。
Thank you !
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Do certain particles behave like nouns? Case in point:「かも」
これもしかしたら最後のスタック・エクスチェンジの投稿になるかもなのです。
その質問はちょっとムズイかもだから、パスします。
Everywhere I looked「かも」is listed as 助詞. Does this mean some particles behave like nouns? It's also interesting to note that 「かも」comes ...
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Usage of たかが not as adverb
The sentence was like this:
目の前にたかだパフェが置かれただけなのにキャッキヤツとはしゃいでいる。彼女に言わせれば「何がたかがよ!」という感じなのだろうが。
I'm familiar with the grammar of "たかが + N" (it's just a + N). However, the way たかが was used ...
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What part of speech is: 延命・処置
延命処置
So what part of speech is the above?
Is it considered to be a compound noun, like a bus station? If so, what the part of speech (in Japanese) to represent such constructions?
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Difference between 断る and 真っ平
Is there a substantial difference 断る and 真っ平 ?
Can you replace one with the other without affecting the meaning ?
Here is some context:
今ここで諦めてもいずれ俺は槙島聖護を見逃した自分を許せなくなる
そんなのは真っ平だ
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How is 所載 used?
WaniKani taught me 所載, for which it offers the meaning "published".
On jisho I see: 1. printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication), but it is listed as a noun. And it definitely looks ...
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The verb after conjugation in たり compound sentence, is still a verb? And if so, why is it despite する being the verb？
雨の日は滑ったり、転んだりする。
If する is the verb, then what is the role of the 転んだり in the grammatical sense? I understand that it is a verb which is transformed into 転んだり in a compound sentence but is it still ...
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Is それ何語 the informal version of それは何語ですか?
I heard (maybe I misheard) someone say それ何語? It seems to be the informal version of それは何語ですか？ However, I was a bit surprised to see は ommited.
Is それ何語 a very informal version of それは何語ですか? Is the ...
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The て form, the と and もの constructions: gerund, participle, transgressive, or verbal noun?
As far as I understand, among the constructions
(て-form verb),
(て-form verb)いる,
(finite verb)こと,
(finite verb)の,
(verb phrase)と,
(finite verb)もの
the form (2) unambiguously functions as a finite verb ...
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Is 結晶 a verb and a noun?
I've seen it being used as a noun for 'crystals' in a game and it's also been used as a verb in the form of 'Kesshou!(crystallize!)' for a superhero transformation call in Spielban.
Is simply saying ...
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V + n-janai vs -ne vs -n-desu-ne
What's the difference between these 3 forms of a verb:
1) 勝てるんじゃない
2) 勝てるね
3) 勝てるんですね
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How do the Japanese ask questions about language? [closed]
In Japanese class, when you are confused about vocab or grammar or sentence structure, you ask the professor in English. But if you live in Japan and are communicating with Japanese natives who barely ...
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What part of speech is スティール製?
What part of speech is スティール製{せい} from スティール製{せい}カテノイドexpression?
I know スティール is a noun (steel), 製{せい} is a suffix (made of), but I don't know their value together. スティール製{せい} is a noun or an ...
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What's the difference between って and って言ってた
I'm guessing it's a matter of direct vs. indirect?
兄は「１分だけ、くださいね」って
My older brother said "Just a minute, please"
兄は１分だけと言ってた。
My older brother said just a minute.
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What is the definition of adjective in Japanese?
In this question When can adjectives be used with the particle "no"? I was taught that "next" in Japanese is a noun. In English, the definition of adjective is "A describing ...
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I'm having trouble understanding the sentance どうだい、きに いったかい
What I'm reading says that どうだい、きに いったかい translates to "Well, do you like it?" The parts individually are translated as
どうだい - How about
きに - I can't figure out what きに means at all. Unless ...
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is suki an adjective and a verb?
I thought that "suki" was a verb which meant "to like". It is hard to me to make sense why it seems to be always used with "desu".
Now in a webpage I read that suki is an adjective, which means ...
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How are "サ変名詞" and "サ変接続" different?
I can't figure-out why certain words are categorized as サ変接続 such as
発表{はっぴょう}
機能{きのう}
仮想{かそう}
All those words are definitely サ変名詞. So, what do those words have that also make them サ変接続? ...
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Onegaishimasu meanings, reply and when to use
Onegaishimasu is used by Japanese people a lot. What does it mean, in what context is it used, and how do I respond to this?
I found on the web that it means:
Please take care of me.
I am in your ...
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What part-of-speech is ゲゲゲ in ゲゲゲの鬼太郎?
I don't know if "part-of-speech" is the best term here, since it generally has a Western language orientation, but I am curious as to what function the word gegege has in reference to the TV show ...
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Why 「の多く」in 作品の多く?
「あしたのジョー」以外の作品の多くは "梶原一騎" のペンネームで書かれました。
I have searched and found that 「多く」is adverb or adjective and it should be placed before the particle 「の」. Is the word a kind of noun or particle 「の」...
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About the words in format: ～がかり
What is the type of word ～がかり, e.g 気{き}がかり
Is it noun, or adjective?
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Is 何か an adverb?
何かいいことがあったか？
何か一言を言ってください
In sentences like these, is 何か an adverb? I have read that counters such as 一つ are adverbs when used in sentences like りんごを一つ食べた. Is it possible that 何か is functioning like ...
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Making 「たくさん」act as a full-fledged 形容動詞{けいようどうし}
dic.yahoo.co.jp、weblio.jp、and other dictionaries, state that the parts of speech for「たくさん」are noun and 形容動詞。imho, usage cases where たくさん is used as 形容詞 is uncommon. I have seen たくさん take the な ...
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In technical usage, is there any difference between 間投詞 and 感動詞?
デジタル大辞泉 gives the following definition of 間投詞:
《interjection》「感動詞」に同じ。
It also gives the following definition of 感動詞 (emphasis added):
品詞の一。自立語で活用がなく、主語にも修飾語にもならず、他の文節とは比較的独立して用いられるもの。話し手の感動を表す「...
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What does うんたらかんたら mean?
I recently heard this phrase being told in a show, but I just couldn't make sense of what it means...And what really caught my attention was that the listener was really surprised to hear this phrase ...
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Translation of "に" into "natural" English
All of my Japanese teachers have told me that な-adjectives converted to に-ending words and い-adjectives converted to く-ending words, when followed by a verb, are 'adverbs'. However, sentences sound ...
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About the な part in negative imperative verb form (e.g. 飲むな)
In the Japanese version of "don't drink and drive" slogan, 【乗るなら飲むな】 (also 【飲んだら乗るな】), what part of speech is the な that follows the plain verb 飲む (or 乗る in the second variation) to form the negative ...
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Verb classifications by japanese learners
As a studies of Japanese I've come across two distinct ways to group verbs for purposes of remembering how to conjugate them.
う動詞 / る動詞
Group1 / Group 2
Pacerier mentioned a verb1 and verb5, can ...
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Which part of speech is the 「ぞ」 in 「神のみぞ知るセカイ」?
「神{かみ}のみぞ知{し}るセカイ」 is the title of a manga/anime series but I'm not asking about the anime. I'm just curious about the 「ぞ」 part in the title.
I know there is a ぞ particle that is similar to よ, such ...
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