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| Causative-passive sentence construction |
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Someone is forced into doing something:
(puppet) は/が (puppet master) に (action)。 |
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| Causative-passive verbs (ru-verbs) |
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ru-verbs:
drop -ru and add -saserareru |
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| Causative-passive verbs (u-verbs) |
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u-verbs that end with す:
drop -u and add -aserareru
all the other u-verbs:
drop -u and add -asareru |
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| Causative-passive verbs (する & くる) |
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irregular verbs:
する -> させられる
くる -> こさせられる |
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"even if":
(verb or adj te-form) も、 (past or present tense clause)。
"no matter (question word)":
だれ、どこ、どんな、いくら、いつ、何時、何度、何、etc. + ても、... |
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| Passive sentence construction |
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The victim is affected by the villain's act:
(victim) は/が (villain) に (evil act)。 |
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ru-verbs:
drop -ru and add -rareru |
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u-verbs:
drop -u and add -areru |
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irregular verbs:
する -> される
くる -> こられる |
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| Causative sentence construction |
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The director decides what the cast does:
(director) は/が (cast) に (action)。 |
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| Causative verbs (ru-verbs) |
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ru-verbs:
drop -ru and add -saseru |
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| Causative verbs (u-verbs) |
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u-verbs:
drop -u and add -aseru |
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| Causative verbs (する & くる) |
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irregular verbs:
する -> させる
くる -> こさせる |
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"A till B":
X は (present affirmative verb) まで、 X は (past or present tense clause)。
X が (present affirmative verb) まで、 Y は (past or present tense clause)。 |
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"the way of..."; "how to do...":
verb stem (pre-ます) + 方
"漢字を読み方*は*むずかしいです。"
"日本語の勉強のし方*を*教えてくれませんか。" |
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