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Post: RE: Subordinate Clauses

I think the tell-tale break is offered by を, at least that's how I've been deciphering things: when the direct object particle follows something, it makes the things before it self-contained, if that ...
LarsSoderbergh The Japanese language 11 1,241 2015-12-17, 8:37 pm
    Thread: Subordinate Clauses
Post: RE: Subordinate Clauses

(2015-12-17, 5:45 pm)bertoni Wrote: I am not completely sure what you are asking, but, for example, 相手の could in theory be modifying 考え方 or 表現 or even 一つ.  相手の日本じん is a bit too weird to contemplate ...
LarsSoderbergh The Japanese language 11 1,241 2015-12-17, 8:33 pm
    Thread: Subordinate Clauses
Post: RE: Subordinate Clauses

(2015-12-17, 5:42 pm)pm215 Wrote: Firstly, you're right that in this sentence 表現 is being modified by the entire clause 相手の気持ちを大切にする日本人の考え方が日本語に表れている. I'm not sure that trying to think in terms of t...
LarsSoderbergh The Japanese language 11 1,241 2015-12-17, 8:32 pm
    Thread: Subordinate Clauses
Post: Subordinate Clauses

Hello all, I'm new to both this community and forums generally, so I apologize if this thread/ the question it poses are redundant. I've recently finished Genki 2 and have proceeded to Tobira, managin...
LarsSoderbergh The Japanese language 11 1,241 2015-12-17, 4:07 pm