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This post really helped me to get this. Thank you!
dethlore The Japanese language 4 1,065 2014-05-29, 12:40 pm
    Thread: ~するように言う
Post: ~するように言う

Thanks for your reply. yudantaiteki Wrote:Often this can be replaced with a simple てもらう or ていただく since that means getting someone to do something for you. あきこさんにご飯を作ってもらった(いただいた) means "I had Akiko ...
dethlore The Japanese language 4 1,065 2014-05-28, 4:37 pm
    Thread: ~するように言う
Post: ~するように言う

Hey guys. I need some help with this piece of grammar. I undarstand it in simple sentences like, for example: 先生は私にもっと勉強するように言いました。- The teacher told me to study more. 私は母に私の部屋を出ないように命令されました。- I was ...
dethlore The Japanese language 4 1,065 2014-05-28, 2:56 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Thank you very much. It really seemed weird to me that it was attached to ~te form of the verb. What I failed to realize is that it is not ~te form but ~teiru, which got contracted too. Too much contr...
dethlore The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,701 2014-03-28, 2:07 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hi. Readng Higurashi I came across a sentence that cuases me some problems: わかった?この部活は常識に囚われてちゃ勝てないわけよ The meaning is clear to me but I don't understand what is this ちゃ doing here. I'm only aware of...
dethlore The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,701 2014-03-28, 8:21 am