An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language
3.2. FURTHER INFLECTIONS 131 verb imperative + + + irregular imperative + + nonsense nonsense / nonsense For verbal adjectives, ...
132 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR verb prohibitive form verb prohibitive form irregular prohibitive form Even easier than the imperati ...
3.2. FURTHER INFLECTIONS 133 3.2.10 Requesting: , Imperative request We already saw that we can use the verb + to form a request ...
134 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR 3.2.11 Passive: / Passiveconstructions are, as their name implies, constructions which de- scribe ac ...
3.2. FURTHER INFLECTIONS 135 make sure we use the right particles: active, ”(I) eat dinner.” passive, ”Dinner is being eaten (by ...
136 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR some action (taken by someone) has inconvenienced you, or someone else. Let us look at how this work ...
3.2. FURTHER INFLECTIONS 137 As mentioned, the way these two helper verbs are added is identical to the way ( ) is added: verb c ...
138 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR sive”, which just means that it’s a construction that indicates giving per- mission to ”let someone ...
3.2. FURTHER INFLECTIONS 139 Formation is the same as for the passive using / , it being added to the : verb meaning potential m ...
140 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR Short potential: + The short potential form is called ”short” because it is simply a lot shorter tha ...
3.2. FURTHER INFLECTIONS 141 verb short potential form Some examples to show this potential form: ”Because of (my) illness, I ca ...
142 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR this difference is striking. For instance, a person whose glasses are so dirty they can’t really see ...
3.3. FORMALITY: HUMBLE/HONORIFIC SPEECH PATTERNS 143 polite, nor is it humble, but then it’s not offensive either. Of course, we ...
144 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR For the irregular verb , the humble version is (necessarily) , since this simply is the humble count ...
3.3. FORMALITY: HUMBLE/HONORIFIC SPEECH PATTERNS 145 increasing degree of humility and politeness: (I/he/she/you/we/they) refuse ...
146 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR 3.3.2 Honorific (paĴerns). While speech pertaining to oneself are humbled, things pertaining to the ...
3.3. FORMALITY: HUMBLE/HONORIFIC SPEECH PATTERNS 147 do know see eat [ means ’summon’ here] drink sleep think [normal honorific ...
148 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR plain form, sentence: ”How old is (your son/daughter)” In the plain form sentence, we can drop the f ...
3.4. CLASSICAL ADJECTIVES 149 3.4 Classical adjectives This final section is not about how classical adjectives inflect, but is ...
150 CHAPTER 3. MORE GRAMMAR ...
«
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
»
Free download pdf