Learn Japanese With Anime Clannad
Learn Japanese With Anime Clannad
Learn Japanese With Anime Clannad
(There is) snow.
In Japanese, the ending to a sentence is the plain (non-polite)
version of the copulawhich is more polite. A copula designates
a definition. It is a form of the verb be connecting a subject and
complement.
Other examples include
I am Rka.
Does Ushio like snow?
This sentence in its complete grammatical form (as you would find it in
textbooks) is However because we are
talking about a child speaking to her father, we are seeing the plain form
of the language in which only the particle is seen without the use of
the copula.
Also note that when defining something using an adjective, in this case
(), or like, than we mark what it is the adjective is referring
to with the particle .
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Other examples include:
I like dogs.
Papaoh, Papa also likes (snow). Can (you) walk? Ushio? (Would you like
to) rest a little?
Again, we can see the HC nature here as well. The missing parts, from
the English translations point of view are given in brackets again.
The particle is one used at the end of sentences in order to
emphasize some kind of emotional charge. In this case it gives the feeling
of of course to the statement, meaning to assure Ushio.
U:
No.
This is a simple refusal of the offer to rest from Tomoya.
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T:
Lets pick up the car while its not raining/coming down. Ill carry you
because (of this).
Let's break these longer sentences into smaller components and then put
them together before understanding their connection. Remember that
Japanese has its order reverse to that of English because it is a
conjugating language, that is, it puts all the main info at the end and not
the beginning. Its easier if you break the sentence up into components
and work your way backwards.
Sentence 1
Not becoming rainy/coming down
within