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comment is made. can of course also be used for verb phrases, in
which case it follows the :
”In case (I) don’t have enough money, (I)’ll borrow it off (my) friends.”In this sentence, the clause , ”[I) do not have enough
(sufficient) money”, has been turned into a circumstance leading to the
comment on it when this should happen.
6.2.5 Indicating a moment of opportunity using
If we look at the kanji form of this nominaliser we see
meaning ”next”
and
meaning ”number”/”instance”. Basically the combination
means ”when [some event], [something else]”. For instance:
”Please let (me) know the moment (you) find out”This sentence turns the clause , the
for , ”to
discover/find out”, into a moment of opportunity should it occur, where
the action to then take is to let someone know of this discovery.
In this use, follows verbs in. It can also come after
forms, but when used this way, the meaning of is the same as
that of ( ), treated later on.
When paired with nouns, tends to be translated as a ”depen-
dence on”:
”I’ll buy it, depending on the price.”However, in this use there is between the noun and. In
fact, adding one will radically change the meaning of the phrase, as the
noun means ”agenda” or ”programme” :
”Due to the pricing programme (being the way it is), I’ll buy it.”