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Conjunctive form (e.g. 書き) vs Conj + mono (e.g. 書き物)
Verb stem (masu-stem) as a noun can have various meanings depending on the original verb, and you may not be able to determine its meaning without referring to a dictionary. I generally recommend you ...
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Etymology of 見舞い
まう has a core meaning of "turn around and around". This word is actually the root of the modern verb 回【まわ】る, and in the compound 見【み】舞【ま】う and its derivational noun form 見【み】舞【ま】い, it's the older "...
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Masu stem to connect sentences
Yes, your sentence is correct; you can connect sentences with the continuative form (連用形) of verbs, and here in your example you can use し, which is the continuative form of the verb する.
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How does "koe" mean "went over"?
こえ is a conjunctive form of the verb 越える{こえる} meaning roughly "to go past", "to go beyond", like 山を越える.
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Nominalizing verb with い-ending vs ーの
To generically answer your question as described in your title, masu-stem (aka 連用形) can often "nominalize" a verb, but the resulting nouns can have unpredictable meanings, and you have to learn them ...
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Why is this sentence not separated? 圧着部分を図１，２のように交互に折り込みドリッパーの内側にピッタリと装着します。
Often, especially in formal/written Japanese it is customary to connect two sentences using the pre-masu form (let's call it this way to be consistent with the reference linked below), that is, the -...
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Is the 「て」 missing from 「され」 in this sentence?
No, it's not. This れ is the pre-masu-form (stem) of れる, and it doesn't require て after it.
なく vs. なくて and stem form vs. てform as conjunctions
Connecting phrases with the stem of masu-form
Stem of ます-...
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I don't understand what this verb conjugation is: 見えなくなった
It almost seems like they are trying to make a negative verb into an adverb but is that possible?
Certainly, it's possible. ない conjugates just like an i-adjective. You will see this happen all the ...
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What does this mean? - help with 続き and なら
Maybe writing it out with all needed Kanjis would help:
日本語で続きを読むなら手伝いますよ！
"If you read the rest in Japanese then I will lend you a hand."
With this, in the next sentence, she's saying:
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What does おり mean in this sentence?
In very short: it is the humble form of いる.
To give a typical example, おる is mostly used when talking about your own actions and trying to be humble (for example when talking to a superior such as ...
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Conjunctive form (e.g. 書き) vs Conj + mono (e.g. 書き物)
This is a gross generalization, but very roughly speaking, the conjunctive form (technically the 連用形{れんようけい}) is vaguely analogous to the English -ing form. And much like the English -ing form, the ...
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Which form is 切り?
お + [masu-stem] + ください is keigo (honorific speech) for [te-form] + ください.
This rule works for verbs, which don't have a separate keigo verb, e.g. 切る
お切りください
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連用形 used instead of regular 連体形 directly modifying nouns
The 問われ is not modifying the ロレンス.
連用形 of 用言 can be used to connect clauses or sentences like て形. Here the 連用形 「問われ」 is connecting two clauses/sentences: 「(ロレンスは)不機嫌な顔でまたも逆に問われ(る)」 and 「...
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How do you formulate the 連用中止 with 形容動詞 (な adjectives) and 名詞 (nouns)?
No, you cannot omit で after 静か. As your textbook clearly says, this grammar is about verbs and i-adjectives.
北海道の7月の海は、深く、青く、静かで、絵のように美しかった。
See: いAdjective. difference between くて and く
EDIT: You ...
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Is 仕方 a particular case of the pattern V連用形 + 方?
仕方 is indeed し方. 仕 is an ateji. The word looks more like a noun in its own right with a Chinese character at the beginning than otherwise.
I don’t know how this particular character came to be used ...
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Why is 暗い conjugated as 暗くsometimes?
い-adjectives
For い-adjectives the く-form is used in a number of contexts.
As you noted,
if you wanted to say
It's not dark.
you'd say
暗くない
If you want to say
It'll get dark.
you'd say
暗くなる
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「あまもり」と一段動詞「もれる」
「漏る」という動詞は、現代語として存在します。
も・る【漏る／×洩る】
［動ラ五（四）］
１ 「漏れる1」に同じ。「雨が―・る」
も・れる【漏れる／×洩れる】
１ 液体・気体・光などがすきまから外へ出る。「ガスが―・れる」「声が―・れる」
なお、辞書には他にも定義が書いてありますが、個人的な経験では「雨漏り」のように、人間に由来しない自然物が、（通常、人間の意図に沿わない形で）...
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What is the role of し after the noun?
しに行くis a way to express "go with the purpose of doing (something)".
The し is the Continuative Form (連用形) of する - you will probably recognize it as the base part of します. All verbs have a ...
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Grammar justification for 連用形 ＋ 係助詞「は」＋（ない・ある）
As the other answers say, 悪く is a 連用形 ("continuative form") of 悪い. This form can work as an adverb on its own, but here it's merely a form that precedes ない. As a rule, whenever you want to use ない with ...
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Use of verb ます-stem when て-form seems possible
Like the ~て form, the ~ます stem can be used to express "verb, and..."
The ~ます stem can have the nuance of being more formal and/or factual, but for the most part they are interchangeable. Most likely ...
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What is the meaning and application of ren'youkei?
Japanese has two main categories for standalone terms: 用言{ようげん} and 体言{たいげん}.
用言 inflect: this category includes verbs, -i adjectives, and -na adjectives.
体言 don't inflect, and this category includes ...
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Difference between ざまに and ながら
～ながら is like "while", and ～ざまに is more like "the (very) moment~" "just as~". You'll see it in (set?) phrases like 「すれ違いざまに」「追い抜きざまに」「追い越しざまに」「振り向きざまに」 most of the time, at least in modern Japanese. ...
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Do all the い-adjectives become adverbs when you add く to them?
Yes, the conjugation rule is consistent with all the い-adjectives.
There are a few notable exceptional cases where they can also syntactically be nouns:
近い→近く:
adjectival: 近くのX - the nearby X
noun: ...
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What is the difference between 連用形 'て-form' and the い-stem?
The te-form and the masu-stem (aka i-form) are not the same syntactically. There are cases where they seem interchangeable, but in most cases, they are simply different. For example, only the masu-...
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やまをこえ、のを こえて、。。。-- how to interpert "こえ"?
こえる is an interesting verb and it is often used in one of its various forms, such as こえ here, to convey what we would in English with "across", "over", or "beyond".
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Why is 大きく違い grammatically correct?
This 違い is not a noun but a verb, and that's why it's modified by an adverb (大きく). This 違い is the continuative form (連用形) of 違う.
The continuative form of a verb has various usages. You can read a ...
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Why is 大きく違い grammatically correct?
違い here is not a noun, but 連用形 of the verb 違う.
Generally it is called 連用終止 in Japanese grammar (for Japanese people, at least).
Also note 連用形 is often used as a noun like 違い (連用形の名詞化 or 連用形名詞(pdf)), ...
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How is ではなく formed?
で: The continuative form of the copula だ.
は: The topic/contrast marker は, which is optional but is usually placed here. では can be contracted to じゃ in casual settings.
なく: The continuative form of ない.
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Why do they use the 連用形 instead of the て form here?
Your logic is actually upside down. It's 連用形 that connects clauses, so it's just natural that …食べ、寝る means "eat and sleep". And the point is, te forms are another 連用形 (of 食べつ or 寝つ etc). That's why te ...
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