相（アスペクト）. A verbal category mainly indicating the speaker's view of the temporal structure of the situation the clause describes, such as whether it is habitual or complete.
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Difference between 感謝している and 感謝する
What's the difference between 感謝している and 感謝する? Looking at http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/skills/vocab/sentences/?vocabid=85961 , I get the impression that for the word 感謝, it is not as simple as one being the continuous tense and the other, the present…
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Question about ている ていた for explaining state for something
What is difference between 財布が落ちていた and 財布が落ちている? Both refer to the state of 財布, right? So, what is the difference?
(My main question is I want to know the difference between (が/は)～ていた and (が/は)～ている when they refer to the state of something)
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How do you tell when 持つ is stative or dynamic?
I am confused on how to distinguish if a verb is stative or dynamic when used in a sentence. For example, 持つ appears to have two definitions, one for a dynamic meaning and one for a stative meaning.
物の一部分をつかむ
所有している
How do I tell the difference…
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