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人 (は or で) 混んでいる?
No, only 渋谷は人で混んでいる is correct, and 渋谷で人は混んでいる is wrong. This is because of 混む's lexical meaning.
混む is a verb which does not mean "to crowd" (like "People crowd in Shibuya.") but ...
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Why do sentences with いわんや often end with をや?
This expression originated from the kanbun-kundoku tradition. "いわんや～をや" is a pattern Japanese high school students are supposed to learn along with "～するあたわず" or "～をして～しむ" ...
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Can や be a contraction of ば?
But my question is: Is this really a contraction?
No, it's not. In "歌や講和を聞きました", 歌や is a simple combination of the noun 歌 and the listing particle や. No contraction is involved.
歌や was the ...
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Does んだな carry a nuance of question_
Strictly speaking, it depends on the context and which dialect the speaker uses. But 98% of the time, it's the former. な doesn't necessarily have to be translated, but it's like "huh?".
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Question about usage of だ and ええがのう
だ is basically required in this sentence. と is a quotative particle, and it normally takes a complete sentence ending with だ, した, etc. Actually, you can omit this だ (known as だ抜き), but you should not ...
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Particle に and relative time expressions
There is a blogpost that explains this question very well, but it's written entirely in Japanese. I would encourage you to read the original if it is within your Japanese level, but if it's a little ...
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Trouble with だって before a comma
In this case, it's the copula だ followed by the particle って which is used for quoting here, like と. 「今度はおまえの番だ」 is what he said ("Now/next it's your turn"). You might expect a verb like 言う. ...
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"Wa" particle influence on the overall meaning
The overall meaning is the same, but "日本の食べ物は何が好きですか" is the formal correct Japanese sentence. The particle は is commonly dropped in informal speech, so "日本の食べ物何が好きですか" is okay in ...
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