An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 191 ”while”, but this is typically more confusing than helpful because of the way Japanese clauses are order ...
192 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES anyway, the shorter action represents more specific, and thus more impor- tant, information: ”While bri ...
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 193 be followed by a comma). Strangely enough, they both mean the same thing, but the way they do it is just ...
194 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES concepts X and Y. Another example to illustrate this: literally: ”To the extent of doing it, one gets b ...
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 195 ] is a single semantic block meaning ”to the extend of doing X”, so the Japanese may have the verb twice ...
196 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES can also be used with verbs, when in : ”(He) understood (it) with just one word.” However, while is use ...
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 197 Just, only As mentioned in the explanation of , is used for things that are repetitive or drown out ev ...
198 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES interrogative meaning with meaning what anything at all who anyone and everyone where wherever when whe ...
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 199 which means a lot of sentences don’t seem to makes sense, after which you’ll start hearing only , which ...
200 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES Uncertainty This particle indicates an element of uncertainty in the speaker, such as for instance: ” ...
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 201 , - Loose time frame While is used for estimation of extent, is used for estimation of a moment in time. ...
202 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES did it ourselves for whatever reason. In contrast, the line with says that at the time of doing this jo ...
4.3. MORE PARTICLES 203 of the original to the instance it is suffixed to instead. This may sound a bit strange, so an example w ...
204 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES things can be real is if they are somehow common place, or social customs: literally: ”It is a thing to ...
4.4. ENRICHMENT 205 means ”only” in the ”at least”/”as long as only” way: ”Even children know this.” ”Even Confucius was not fre ...
206 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES Either/or, as soon as This particle can mean two things, depending on whether it’s used on its own or ...
4.4. ENRICHMENT 207 Emphatic negative This is simply the sentence ending , used to indicate a custom or social expectation of ...
208 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES Nothing but The particle is a literary particle comparable in meaning to or , and is used to affirm a ...
4.4. ENRICHMENT 209 Emphatic This particle is somewhat akin to , except it only applies to events or circumstances, and is muc ...
210 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES example of this would be for instance: ”There is a book on the table.” There will be people who after a ...
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