A Grammar of the Japanese Spoken Language (Paperback)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ... these socks hole opened them. oru. remains Dete orimasU. He has gone out. Tsuite orimasii. It has arrived. 101. Naru, 'to be.' The verb naru, 'to be, ' is extremely frequent in books. In the spoken language it is most usually found in the Conditional Form as an auxiliary joined with the Indicative tenses of verbs. Thus it is common, instead of ikeba, 'if he goes, ' to say, iku nareba, or iku nara; for ittareba 'if he went' or 'had gone, ' we may say itta nareba or itta nara. Nara may be used with adjectives in the same way, as idsukuslil nara ' if pretty, ' and is particularly frequent with those uninflectecl words described in 97 which are used instead of adjectives. It has been already pointed out that the termination na of these words is a contraction for naru. Naredo, the Concessive Form, is also in use. In the written and older language the present indicative of this verb was not naru but nart, and in some phrases this form is retained. Example. Tatoye kueki yakiisoku nari Granted that it is only a verbal suppose mouth promise promise. to mo. Naru, 'to be, ' should be distinguished from naru, 'to become.' The latter may be generally recognised by its being preceded by ni or to. Examples. Kirei ni naru. To become beautiful. Hito to naru. To become a man. 102. Suru, 'to do.' The conjugation of the irregular verb sur u is given in 44, and its use with the stems of verbs to form an emphatic negative has been explained in 46. But perhaps the most common use of suru is to supply the place of verbal inflections in the case of Chinese and other words, which are themselves uninflected. Nara is merely a contraetion for nareba. It is the nara which we have in the well-known phrase say," nara, the literal meaning of which is ' i...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ... these socks hole opened them. oru. remains Dete orimasU. He has gone out. Tsuite orimasii. It has arrived. 101. Naru, 'to be.' The verb naru, 'to be, ' is extremely frequent in books. In the spoken language it is most usually found in the Conditional Form as an auxiliary joined with the Indicative tenses of verbs. Thus it is common, instead of ikeba, 'if he goes, ' to say, iku nareba, or iku nara; for ittareba 'if he went' or 'had gone, ' we may say itta nareba or itta nara. Nara may be used with adjectives in the same way, as idsukuslil nara ' if pretty, ' and is particularly frequent with those uninflectecl words described in 97 which are used instead of adjectives. It has been already pointed out that the termination na of these words is a contraction for naru. Naredo, the Concessive Form, is also in use. In the written and older language the present indicative of this verb was not naru but nart, and in some phrases this form is retained. Example. Tatoye kueki yakiisoku nari Granted that it is only a verbal suppose mouth promise promise. to mo. Naru, 'to be, ' should be distinguished from naru, 'to become.' The latter may be generally recognised by its being preceded by ni or to. Examples. Kirei ni naru. To become beautiful. Hito to naru. To become a man. 102. Suru, 'to do.' The conjugation of the irregular verb sur u is given in 44, and its use with the stems of verbs to form an emphatic negative has been explained in 46. But perhaps the most common use of suru is to supply the place of verbal inflections in the case of Chinese and other words, which are themselves uninflected. Nara is merely a contraetion for nareba. It is the nara which we have in the well-known phrase say," nara, the literal meaning of which is ' i...

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May 2012

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2010

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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48

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978-1-152-27149-4

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9781152271494

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