Nominalizing verbs with particle and using -masu stem

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Reply #1 - 2012 September 07, 5:52 pm
matrixofdynamism Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-11-28 Posts: 112

I understand that to Nominalize a verb we can use the particle の or the term こと.
However the -masu stem of a verb on its own also changes the verb into a noun phrase e.g 読み.

What is the difference between the two? When do we use the latter?

Reply #2 - 2012 September 08, 11:44 am
saritza Member
From: USA Registered: 2008-10-23 Posts: 23

Sorry, can you give an example where 読み would be used as a noun?

You can say
読むのが好きです
読むことが好きです

Which I assume is what you mean, but you can't say 読みが好きです, if that's what you meant?

Reply #3 - 2012 September 08, 1:51 pm
Tori-kun このやろう
Registered: 2010-08-27 Posts: 1193 Website

There are some verbs who can be turned into nouns like that but it does not seem to work in any case.

e.g. 隔て

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Reply #4 - 2012 September 08, 7:48 pm
yudantaiteki Member
Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

I just answered this same question somewhere -- was it in Word/Phrase?  I don't remember.

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