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March 6th 2010 Grammar Want たがる

[Grammar] Wants to 〜 3rd person

Whereas the「ーたい」and「が欲しい」forms previously covered cater one’s wish and desires, 「たがる」expresses exclusively what a third person wants.

  • Verb (-masu stem) + たがる〜たがります。Ongoing wishes/necessity.
  • Verb (-masu stem) + たがっている〜たがっています。One-time wish/need.

e.g. 彼は新しい車を買いたがっています。

今、彼女はあなたと話たがっていません。

Related: 「ーたい」;「が欲しい」

[Grammar] Gerund

The gerund form is formed as follows:

  • Present progressive: -て form of the verb + いる (plain); います (polite); いません (negative).
  • Past progressive: -て form of the verb + いた (plain); いました (polite); いません でした (negative).

Related: Conjugation of Japanese verb いる (to be).

今朝大学に勉強していた。

日本語を練習しています。

今、次の例を考えている。

[Grammar] Particles: しか、だけ

しか

May be attached to nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Must be followed by a negative verb.
Meaning: except; only; just.

e.g.英語しか通じません (つうじません)。

だけ

May be attached to nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Meaning: only.

e.g. 昼ご飯と水だけ飲みます。
飲み物を一つだけください。

[Grammar] Particles: の

  1. Possession

  2. e.g. 山田さんの鉛筆。


  3. Converting adjectives and verbs to nouns.

  4. When attached to adjectives and verbs, the 「の」particle becomes a generic noun. That way, we can use the direct object 「を」, topic 「は」 and identifier 「が」particles with verbs and adjectives. Additionally, in these cases, no may also be replaced by 「物」(referring to a generic object) or 「こと」(referring to a certain event).

    早く起きるのが好きじゃない。or, alternatively: 早く起きることが好きじゃない。

    *It is also important to remember that in the case of -na adjectives, the particle must still be used to modify the noun.

    かんたんなのが出来ます。


  5. Explanations

    When the 「の」 particle is attached at the end of the last clause of a sentence, it conveys an explanatory tone. The abstract concept of “the thing is…” can be expressed with the 「の」 particle. Thus, the sentence is given an explanatory connotation for something else.

    本はたいへんのです。(The thing is, that the book is difficult.)
    まだ、早くの? いいえ、今は晩いのだ。*
    can also be used in questions to convey the speaker’s wish to seek some explanation for something else.

    When expressing an explanation based on a state-of-being reason, the 「な」 particle must be attached before the 「の」particle to distinguish the latter from its use as possesive.

    ジームなのです。〜 it is because of Jim.

    「のだ」 is normally replaced by 「んだ」. Additionally, it can be attached to conjugated verbs, nouns and adjectives.

    どこに行くの? 教室に行くんだ。
    その子は学校にいかなかったんだ? 学生じゃないの。

Source: Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese Grammar.

March 4th 2010 Grammar なる Verbs

[Grammar] なる

Jisho.org:

(Usually written using kana alone) to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain;
  1. Noun / Na-adj + 「に」+ なる
    大学で勉強した後で生徒は、医者になった。After studying at University, the student became a doctor.
  2. i- Adj + remove the last -i + 「く」 + なる
    彼女の話を聞いたのでも、悲しくならなかった。In spite of hearing her story, I wasn’t sad.

Related: Conjugation of Japanese verb naru