Questions tagged [attributive]
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どれ as an attribute
I found this sentence and I wonder whether I understand it correctly:
どれ腹の傷をおみせ、薬草をぬってあげよう。
The どれ there looks to me like “whichever” or “all”, so I’d get the sentence as “Let me look at all the wounds on your belly…” However I could not find a…
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Meaning of る in 問われたる
From the beginning of the novel "The Grove", what does the る mean in
検非違使に問われた る 木樵りの物語
問われた is the passive of 問う, but where does the る come from? Is it the short form of いる?
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Do na-adjectives have an attributive negative form?
Assuming present tense, we can use i-adjectives in an attributive context both in the affirmative form:
高い 椅子 が あります - there's an expensive chair
And in the negative form:
高くない 椅子 が あります - there's an inexpensive chair
I know we can use…
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What is the correct way to use 全部: Adverbially or Attributively?
Which of the following two versions is correct? Or are both of them incorrect?
The one who ate all nuts was Squirrel.
木の実を全部に食べたのりすです。
全部な木の実を食べたのりすです。
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Why can't 連体形 verbs be in the past tense?
While reading IMABI's entry on まで, I saw the following table:
Here the 連体形, or the attributive form of a Japanese verb, is characterized as being "non-past". This resource states:
In general the 連体形 is the name of the form of a noun or adjective…
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Mixed modifiers with a noun
Can you do that, modify a noun by mixing modifiers?
Say, something like this:
昨日買ったきれいな白い夫子の帽子
昨日買った
きれいな
しろい
夫子の
each is modifying 帽子.
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What does it mean when 連体形 is directly followed by は?
Here are two lines of the lyrics in a specific song:
[出]{で}[逢]{あ}いしは [運命]{さだめ}か
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[纏]{まと}いしは [緋]{ひ}[色]{いろ}の[棘]{とげ}の[鎧]{よろい}
I'm 99% sure that the し here is the 連体形 of き; it follows the 連用形 of [出]{で}[逢]{あ}う and [纏]{まと}う.
However, what I don't…
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Can です be used attributively (as a modifier of a noun)?
Goo dictionary lists the 連体形 (attributive) form of copula as です but does not provide an example of an attributive usage. Can です be really used attributively? I have problems finding any example of it.
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the difference between ル and タ when the verb shows status
I am wondering how ル (original form of a verb) and タ work when it comes to a status verb. For example:
絵を目立つ場所にかける
I think 絵を目立った場所にかける is natural, because I often see 青目をしたお人形, 優れた人になりたい, 際立った特徴 and so on.
From what I know, for the verb like 切る…
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Problem with understanding the action of いる in 決まった場所にいる代わりに
In a recent article 仕事で外国に行く前にＰＣＲ検査の予約ができるようにする from NHK Easy Japanese I found this sentence, (which I give here in a bit abbreviated form):
[...]着いてからしばらくの間、決まった場所にいる代わりに、PCR検査で[...]ウイルスがうつっていないことを証明する必要があります。
I believe the sentence could be…
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Questions relating to連体修飾
I know it's hard to explicate , so please just tell me the nuance and may be the difference.I am really confused with 「連体修飾」. I even don't know when should I use 「辞書形」 and 「タ」，after I know 「タ」is not just a past tense(also can be 完了形 ),and 「辞書形」can…
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