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文法. A collective term for syntax (the way sentences are put together) and morphology (forms of words, including the way new words are put together). Often used to describe function words such as particles, to describe word endings, and to talk about general sentence structure.
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話します vs 話しています in a News Article
国は「中止していた特定技能の試験を外国でいつ始めることができるか考えたいと思います」と話しています。
Source:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10012450361000/k10012450361000.html
At the end, the sentence says:
話しています but I don’t get why the con …
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Can 気 be used for advice?
I’m reading an article about the corona virus. They’re giving instructions to follow in order to prevent reappearance of the virus.
緊急事態宣言が終わっても、新しいコロナウイルスはなくなっていないので、気をつけなければなりません。
毎日の生活では、次のようなことに気 …
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Using an adverb with a noun in Japanese
この先生…早くはないけどすごく仕事がていねいだな…
In the sentence above, this is my understanding so far:
Vocabulary
この先生【せんせい】 that teacher…
早くない【はやくない】 fast, negative present form
けど conj. however
すごく adv. imme …
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Japanese Past Progressive? [duplicate]
《アパート『へ』帰る『と』ハガキ『が』一枚届いていた…》
In that sentence, why is the verb using the past progressive form?
届いていた=〜て+いた right? Does it mean that the letter was being delivered when he got to this apartment?
S …
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What is the meaning of 月 in this sentence?
★please note: if it’s possible, I wouldn’t want the whole sentence translated as I want to do it myself. I’d prefer to have information about my questions with examples in other sentences than this on …
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Interpretation of この人の家族『は』一体どんな気持ち『で』100万円出したんだ...?
I would like to know if my analysis and interpretation is accurate or not.
この人の家族『は』一体どんな気持ち『で』100万円出したんだ...?
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この this → 人(person)の(possessive marker)家族(family)『は』(topic marker …
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What part of speech is: 延命・処置
I think there’s a word for this in Japanese grammar and I’d like to know what it is.
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Is my translation accurate? 自分の思ってる事『を』人『に』伝えられないだけじゃないんですか…？
自分{じぶん}の思{おも}ってる事{こと}『を』人{ひと}『に』伝えられないだけじゃないんですか…？
So in this sentence ↑ : 自分{じぶん}の思{おも}ってる is attributive to 事{こと} to create:
"A thing I've been thinking about myself"
Since there's no word …
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オレはまだ死にたくねえんだ: what is たくねえ?
I’d like to know what is たくねえ here? たく means “to cook” but I don’t think that’s it here. I suspect it’s slang for something but what?
Source:
https://www.sukima.me/bv/t/blackjackniyoroshiku/v/1/s/4/p …
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Goo Dictionary: What does it mean? [closed]
I’m sure you guys are well aware of the Japanese dictionary Goo.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/
Why is it called “Goo”? Even in romaji, Goo sounds unusual. I doubt it refers to the English meaning of …
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Newspaper sentence translation and interpretation [closed]
I would like to know if my translation of the sentence below is accurate in meaning. If not, could you point out the problematic area? Simply pointing out where I went wrong would be great. No need to …
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How to tell the function of と at a glance?
国{くに}が今年{ことし}の３[月]{がつ}に調{しら}べると、「[特定]{とくてい}[技能]{ぎのう}」で[働]{はたら}いている人{ひと}は３９８７[人]{にん}で、考{かんが}えていたよりずっと少{すく}ないことがわかりました。
I’m having difficulty figuring out how と is used here. From past experience i …
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How do you say 〜て form in Japanese?
I’ve tried to google this but I end up with explanations about how to use the ーて form. I want to know how to call it in Japanese, you know, like a noun is 名詞, now do you call the ーて form in grammatica …
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ことが as an infinitive?
(Sentence is from the basic grammar dictionary).
P.s.: I know it says ことは but the example is listed under ことが in my dictionary. …
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Three grammatical questions about Japanese Manga
The following is an exercise I do daily to better understand grammar.
I’ll claim A and the title.
Title: 第3話75歳の値段
第 is a prefix to form ordinal numbers. In this case, it precedes 3, so third. …
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