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Reply #1 - 2012 June 02, 10:40 am
Jessie81
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From: California
Registered: 2012-06-02
Posts: 3

Hey everyone i was wondering how you would use "back to back"verbs.
Like this sentence:"I know how to read this character,but i don't know its meaning".
Verbs being know and read,or is know not considered a verb here?...
Idk please help. :)

Reply #2 - 2012 June 02, 10:51 am
JimmySeal
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From: Kyoto
Registered: 2006-03-28
Posts: 2239

Most of the time, the notion of "know how to" is expressed with the potential form:

この字は読めるけど、その意味はわからない。

or often you can also use [stem+方がわかる]:

この字の読み方はわかるけど、その意味はわからない。

Reply #3 - 2012 June 02, 11:01 am
Jessie81
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From: California
Registered: 2012-06-02
Posts: 3

Thanks got it smile it might have been a case of me forgetting >.<

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