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... Verbs 83 Passive and Potential Verbs 86 Certain Intransitive Verbs 88 Causative Verbs 90 Compound Verbs 93 Ornamental Verbs 93 Verb " to be " 94 Verbs Used as Other Parts of Speech 96 IX . THE EPISTOLARY STYLE . 98 A Peculiar Conjugation of ...
... Verbs 83 Passive and Potential Verbs 86 Certain Intransitive Verbs 88 Causative Verbs 90 Compound Verbs 93 Ornamental Verbs 93 Verb " to be " 94 Verbs Used as Other Parts of Speech 96 IX . THE EPISTOLARY STYLE . 98 A Peculiar Conjugation of ...
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... verb uru , " to get , " and hence the fact that intransitive verbs can have passive forms , as : Ko ni shinaruru yori kanashiki wa nashi , " There is nothing sadder than to have one's child die . " ( The Japanese idiom seems at first ...
... verb uru , " to get , " and hence the fact that intransitive verbs can have passive forms , as : Ko ni shinaruru yori kanashiki wa nashi , " There is nothing sadder than to have one's child die . " ( The Japanese idiom seems at first ...
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... English passive or potential idioms , but which are properly intransitive in Japanese , and must be carefully distinguished from passives or potentials . Even in English , [ 88 ] §§ 193-196 A JAPANESE GRAMMAR Certain Intransitive Verbs.
... English passive or potential idioms , but which are properly intransitive in Japanese , and must be carefully distinguished from passives or potentials . Even in English , [ 88 ] §§ 193-196 A JAPANESE GRAMMAR Certain Intransitive Verbs.
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... intransitive verbs are never used honorifically . TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PAIRS OF VERBS 197. In English the same word commonly does duty both as a transitive and as an intransitive verb . Thus , " to melt , " " to burn , " " to ...
... intransitive verbs are never used honorifically . TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PAIRS OF VERBS 197. In English the same word commonly does duty both as a transitive and as an intransitive verb . Thus , " to melt , " " to burn , " " to ...
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... verbs from the same root follows no fixed rule ; but the stem of the transitive frequently ends in s . Many Japanese intransitive verbs must be translated by English reflexive verbs , as asobu , " to amuse one's self " ; jisatsu suru ...
... verbs from the same root follows no fixed rule ; but the stem of the transitive frequently ends in s . Many Japanese intransitive verbs must be translated by English reflexive verbs , as asobu , " to amuse one's self " ; jisatsu suru ...
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adverbs affirmative voice aruru ashimeraruru attributive form bekarazu beshi Causative Negative caused to cut Chinese Chinese numerals clause colloquial compound conclusive form corresponding Potential Forms DESIDERATIVE FORMS English eraruru FORMS Indicative Fourth Past Gerund gone hayaki hito homuru honorific iedomo ILLATIVE FORMS indefinite form inflections intransitive intransitive verbs irregular verb IRREGULAR VERB SURU isasezarishi ishimerarezarishi ishimezarishi ishimuru Japanese adjective Japanese language kana kirashimeraru kiru Kono Kore koto nakare kuru means miru mood motte naraba naran naredomo nari naru nashi nouns Oblique particle pass passive causative Past Concessive Past Conditional Past Hypothetical person postpositions praise preceding Present Actual Concessive Present Hypothetical Concessive present tense pronouns rarezarishi REGULAR CONJUGATION rendered romaji sasuru second conjugation Second Past SECTION SECTION sentence seshimuru sezarishi shite signifies sometimes sōrō stem suffixed suguru tive Uninflected words verb or adjective voice-continued vowel words yori yotte yuku