A Simplified Grammar of the Japanese Language (modern Written Style)University of Chicago Press, 1924 - 144 pages |
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... Verbs . Passive and Potential Verbs Certain Intransitive Verbs Causative Verbs Compound Verbs Ornamental Verbs Verb " to be " Verbs Used as Other Parts of Speech IX . THE EPISTOLARY STYLE . A Peculiar Conjugation of Verbs and Adjectives ...
... Verbs . Passive and Potential Verbs Certain Intransitive Verbs Causative Verbs Compound Verbs Ornamental Verbs Verb " to be " Verbs Used as Other Parts of Speech IX . THE EPISTOLARY STYLE . A Peculiar Conjugation of Verbs and Adjectives ...
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... verb uru , " to get , " and hence the fact that intransitive verbs can have passive forms , as : Ko ni shinaruru yori kanashiki wa nashi , " There is nothing sadder than to have one's child die . " ( The Japanese idiom seems at first ...
... verb uru , " to get , " and hence the fact that intransitive verbs can have passive forms , as : Ko ni shinaruru yori kanashiki wa nashi , " There is nothing sadder than to have one's child die . " ( The Japanese idiom seems at first ...
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... English passive or potential idioms , but which are properly intransitive in Japanese , and must be carefully distinguished from passives or potentials . Even in English , [ 88 ] §§ 193-196 A JAPANESE GRAMMAR Certain Intransitive Verbs.
... English passive or potential idioms , but which are properly intransitive in Japanese , and must be carefully distinguished from passives or potentials . Even in English , [ 88 ] §§ 193-196 A JAPANESE GRAMMAR Certain Intransitive Verbs.
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... intransitive verbs are never used honorifically . TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PAIRS OF VERBS 197. In English the same word commonly does duty both as a transitive and as an intransitive verb . Thus , " to melt , ” “ to burn , " " to ...
... intransitive verbs are never used honorifically . TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PAIRS OF VERBS 197. In English the same word commonly does duty both as a transitive and as an intransitive verb . Thus , " to melt , ” “ to burn , " " to ...
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... verbs from the same root follows no fixed rule ; but the stem of the transitive frequently ends in s . Many Japanese intransitive verbs must be translated by English reflexive verbs , as asobu , " to amuse one's self ” ; jisatsu suru ...
... verbs from the same root follows no fixed rule ; but the stem of the transitive frequently ends in s . Many Japanese intransitive verbs must be translated by English reflexive verbs , as asobu , " to amuse one's self ” ; jisatsu suru ...
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active negative voice aruru ashimezarishi attributive form bekarazu caused to cut Chinese clause colloquial conclusive form corresponding Potential Forms cut FIRST REGULAR DESIDERATIVE FORMS English erarezu esasezarishi ezarishi Fourth Past Gerund gone hito homuru honorific iedomo iedomo g iedomo ILLATIVE FORMS Imperative Indefinite Form Indicative inflections intransitive intransitive verbs irareshi irregular verb IRREGULAR VERB SURU isasezu ishimerarezarishi ishimeraruru Japanese adjective Japanese language kana kiraruru kirashimerarezarishi kirashimeraru kirashimezarishi kiru Kore koto nakare kuru m)ba means miru mood naraba naran naredomo nari nashi ni yotte nouns Oblique pass passive causative Past Concessive Past Conditional Past Hypothetical person postpositions praise Present Actual Concessive Present Hypothetical Concessive present tense PROHIBITIVE FORMS pronouns rarezarishi REGULAR CONJUGATION romaji sasuru second conjugation Second Past SECTION SECTION sentence seshimezu seshimuru shite signifies sometimes sōrō suffixed suguru Third Past verb or adjective voice-continued vowel words yori yotte yuku