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speaker of how Kimura would behave in the situation. It can also apply
to Kimura herself speaking, in which case the use of indicates that
this fits Kimura’s expected behavioural paĴern.
- Strong impression based on direct observation
When commenting on an impression, based on direct observation, the noun
adjective is used directly after
clauses.
”(He) looks likes (he)’s tired, doesn’t (he).”Because is a noun adjective, it can also be used to form (com-
plex) aĴributive phrases:
”(He is a) strict teacher.””(He is a) teacher who looks like (he)’s strict.”is very similar to and
.- Likeness adverbs
This is a noun adjective that is used primarily as a noun suffix, to create
”-ly”/”-al”/”-ive” nouns for comparisons, such as:
, ”basically”, from
meaning ”basis”.
, ”practical”, from meaning ”the way things are now”.
, ”subjective”, from meaning ”subject”, ”constituent”.These comparative nouns are used like normal noun adjectives for
comparisons:
”It would basically be uninteresting.”