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Questions about any aspect of Japanese where there is a common rule which has a few exceptions, such as the irregular verbs.
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Irregularity of あ-series in demonstratives
あそこ (expected あこ)
There was an ako.
From the 1775 text 物類称呼 (Iwanami Bunko ISBN4-00-302691-8 p. 146):
あそこ こゝといふを 西國にて・あんなけ こんなけと云 肥前にて・そこねい こゝねいと云 尾州にて・あそこなて こゝなてと云 京にて・あこと云
However, there …
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Why is it なさそう and not なそう
Your "usual rule" is incomplete. It should be:
drop -i
if resulting is a single mora in length, add -sa
add -sou.
Hence, nai:
na
na + sa
na + sa + sou --> nasasou.
atui:
atu
(not applicable) …