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に followed by nouns, what is its usage?
I want to offer a different approach to the question, because there seems to have been a misconception here. Particles like に don't really care what they're followed by.
Most of the usages of に I've ...
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Can adjectives follow the に particle?
Adjectives are like verbs, in that they 'inflect', that is, have endings that indicate tense (or aspect), just like verbs. So 優しい should be thought of as '[to be] kind', 優しかった, 'was kind'.
に would ...
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Why is にも used here with the passive instead of simply も?
Why is にも used here? Would も alone work given it's passive?
に is there because it's part of the AにBして欲しい / AにBしていただきたい construction (meaning "want A to do B"). When there is も and there is ...
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Usage of に、とき, ときに
To add on to Sabrina's answer, depending on the context に alone could be interpreted as you bought the laptop for Christmas for example.
A general rule to follow is that if you're combining とき with a ...
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Is "カバンに本があります" correct?
IMO you can say カバンに本があります but only if the bag is stationary and at some distance from you. It’d be similar to 家に本があります. If you are holding the bag it does sound a bit odd to me and I’d rather say ...
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What does ことになってんだ mean in this sentence?
Looks like your understanding of the ことになってる part is not bad. The main problem is the interpretation of 俺が構われている. Nothing in your sentence says 彼, so maybe you've confused 俺 (I) and 彼 (he)? Or maybe ...
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Is "カバンに本があります" correct?
カバンに本があります
カバンのなかに本があります
カバンに本が入っています
The three sentences are correct in Japanese.
How can such a basic sentence lead to such radically opposed answers?
Teachers are human as well. A common theme ...
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Is "カバンに本があります" correct?
At best I can guess what's going on with your teachers. (Caveat, I'm a nonnative speaker.)
I think most people will understand you quite well if you say, カバンに本があります.
However, from the perspective of ...
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How is 妙なことで different from 妙なことに
As sundowner already pointed out in their comment, the particle で in 妙なことでやさしい is employed to indicate what the master is kind about. On the other hand, 妙なことにやさしい primarily lead us to the reading of “...
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What does にだけにはなるか (vulgar text warning/nsfw) mean?
I think those four lines form one single sentence. Anyway, the underlying expression is 言いなりになる, the combination of noun 言いなり + particle に + verb なる, and other particles (だけ, は and か) are added to it ...
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