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助動詞. Inflecting function words or endings such as 〜ます and 〜ない. Many inflect like verbs (such as 〜(ら)れる), but many others do not (such as 〜たい), so here we will call these simply "auxiliaries" and not "auxiliary verbs". These should be distinguished from 補助動詞（ほじょどうし）, which are tagged "subsidiary verbs" on this site to avoid confusion.

Called 助動詞【じょどうし】 in Japanese grammar, these are inflecting function words or endings such as 〜ます and 〜ない. Many inflect like verbs (such as 〜(ら)れる), but many others do not (such as 〜たい), so here we will call these simply "auxiliaries" and not "auxiliary verbs". These should be distinguished from 補助動詞（ほじょどうし）, which are tagged "subsidiary verbs" on this site to avoid confusion.

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When can "~たがる" not be used in a continuous tense?

I always place verbs with the "~たがる" ending (called a helping verb?) in the present continuous, or past continuous state: 行きたがっている。 食べたがっていた。 I am having trouble with using the non-continuous tenses (行きたがる、食べたがった) to express myself. The meaning of…
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たる? What form is this?

So I've been reading Tsukihime the past few weeks and I found this sentence. 君の理論はわからんな。それでは命題たる永遠には程遠いぞ、蛇よ。 The fan translations says: I do not understand your reasoning. That is far from the thesis of eternity, serpent. There are this 2 guys,…
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Why can 言ってんじゃねーぞ be an order?

I've been learning japanese for quite a while and always wondered why : 言ってんじゃねえぞ could be an order. Whereas something like : 言わない can't be an order. Because basically, 【言ってんじゃねぞ】 is just : 言う　の　テ形 助動詞　いる not pronounced since it's a…
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Psychological state verb + みる auxiliary?

Two "textbook" sentences + attached translations: 悔やんでみたところで始まらない。No matter how much you regret it, it won't change a thing. 「私は」彼が言ったことを何度も反芻してみた。 I thought over his remark again and again. So far I know of two ways みる auxiliary is used - to…
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に/へ/が/か in describing place

冬休{ふゆやすみ}みはどこ [か] 行{い}きましたか. In the above sentence, I learned [か] can be used to express uncertainty, which means the person asking this question has no idea if the person being asked went to some place or stayed at home/school. And I think [へ]…
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出す as an auxiliary verb

It is my understanding that there are two different meanings when 出す is used as an auxiliary verb. One example being 走り出す meaning 'to start to run' and an example of the other being 生み出す meaning to 'give birth' to something or 'to produce'…
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