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The nuance of て-form with 来る in the volitional form (こよう)
I've been watching からかい上手の高木さん and in episode 2 Takagi says this:
泳いでこよっかな
For context this is the what she says right before this line:
さてと西片のいい顔も見られたし
I'm having trouble with analyzing the ...
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「脱ぎますか」 as 許可求め・申し出
In this clip the woman says 服脱ぎますか but she is talking about herself as opposed to asking the other party to do something. This seems to be a situation where either 許可求め or 申し出 should apply. If it is a ...
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Understand the difference between [dictionary/ない + ようとする] and [volitional + にする]
I have come across a couple of concepts that seem relatively similar, but I would like an understanding on their differences, if any.
The first is the dictionary/ない form + ようとする. And the other is the ...
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~あらんことを: Slight Variations and Idiomatic Degree
Consider 神のご加護があらんことを
How is あらんことを different from あろうことを ?
(c.f. archaic -an conjugation)
Apart from sounding archaic, are there other functional differences?
How is {あらん・あろう}ことを different from ...
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とする(か) VS Volitional, conjectural and と思う
The speaker just finished preparing a ring for a tournament when he says this sentence by himself (there is no hearer in the scene) :
さて...テレビ局に行くとするか。
I know that とする can mean "to decide to&...
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Can the volitional form be used when the speaker is not intending to do the action themselves?
From what I understand the volitional form is often used to mean "let's do" something, e.g. 行こう can mean "let's go". Can this form be use when the speaker themself is not going to perform the action? ...
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