Questions tagged [reason]
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What is the reason leading to the difference in tense used for affirmative and negative statements in the construction V~ほうがいい
In the construction of a suggestion statement with V~ほうがいい, the past (perfect) tense is used for the affirmative (according to this and this, the present tense can also be used for general advice), ...
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How can I tell the reason after the fact in the second part of the sentence
Let's make an easy example sentence
ラーメンが好きだから、毎日食堂で食べます。
In real life conversations I sometimes start a sentence with the second part
毎日食堂で食べます
Then I want to tell the reason for this and I ...
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Both ので and から in one sentence
From a short article on tax:
もし税金が加わらなければもっと安いのになあ、と残念な気がします。また、会社から給料をもらったときも同じような気持ちになります。全体の給料から税金が引かれるので、実際に受け取れる金額が少なくなるからです。
I'm unsure about the final sentence - why is から used at the end? ...
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How to list multiple purposes for an action?
So, one of the example sentences for ため that I see in the learning software I use is:
彼女はダイエットのために泳いでいる。
Which basically means, "She swims in order to lose weight."
But what if you wanted to say, ...
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Another way to express the reason for doing something, apart from ために
I was thinking more ways to express the reason for doing something, for instance, in these three sentences:
I want to go to Japan to work.
I study hard to get high marks.
I will go to the ...
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Politely giving a reason for coming to the office late
How does one tell his manager that he is late because of a traffic jam?
Is it okay to say:
すみません、交通渋滞できから遅きます。
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て形 to express 原因・理由, as opposed to から
Im having so much troubles trying to find a good explanation on how to use the て形 to express a cause, I saw that its more natural to use when the second part of the sentence is either a potential form ...
