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Difference between the patterns 何 + COUNTER + か and 何 + COUNTER + も
私は今年何度か海外に行きました。 [SOURCE]
I have been abroad several times this year.
北海道へ何度も行った
I have been to Hokkaido many times.
本を何冊も読む。[SOURCE]
I read several books.
本を何冊か買いました。
I bought some books.
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Is there any pattern to tell which verb of the two is transitive and which is intransitive?
Let me first explain what I mean. Take these two pairs for example:
付く、付ける (the first one is intransitive, the second one is
transitive)
抜く、抜ける (the first one is transitive, the second on is
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Conjugation patterns for u-dropping verbs [closed]
I was given a table by my book:
The pattern I spotted is, except for u-dropping verbs ending in つ, we have that every verb preserves its consonant (s, k, g, m, n, b, w or r) when conjugated. Thus, ...
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How do you identify the point of view in Japanese (for novels)?
Since subjects are very often ommited, I find it hard to identify whether I'm reading a segment in the first person or the third person. What are the patterns to look for to identify one or the other? ...
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Is 仕方 a particular case of the pattern V連用形 + 方?
There is a pattern to express the way of doing things. First comes a verb in the 連用形 form, and after that comes the word 方{かた}. For example:
食べ + 方 → 食べ方 (the way of eating)
読み + 方 → 読み方 (the way of ...
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Difference between そうになっていた and そうになった?
しかし、士道は荒れそうになっていた呼吸をどうにか整えると、どこにいるとも知れない狂三に言葉を投げた。
Hi. Can we change the bold part into そうになった? If we can, what would be the difference between そうになっていた and そうになった?
Thank you.
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Is っていうんですか／っていうんだ used for emphasis in the context?
「それで……令音さん、夕弦は一体どこに消えたっていうんですか？」
Context: 夕弦 vanished and 士道 was asking about her whereabouts.
耶俱矢「さぁて、忘れてはおらぬだろうな。我らが聖戦の前に交わした契約を！」 士道「ちゃんと覚えてるよ。……んで？一体何させようっていうんだ？」
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耶俱矢 and 士道 entered a ...
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