名詞化. Turning a grammatical constituent such as a clause into a noun phrase, often using a nominalizing particle or formal noun such as の or こと.
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Why do we need to use 2 nominalizers もの and こと in the following sentence?
Why do we need to use 2 nominalizers もの and こと in the following sentence?
素数とは、1 より大きい自然数で、正の約数が 1 と自分自身のみであるもののことである。
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Can anyone explain this exercise about のは and のが in Minna No Nihongo II?
In Minna No Nihongo II みんなの日本語初級II 文型練習帳(Exercise 38 on page 89) there is an exercise about のは, のが and のを, where a list of words is given, and you have to decide which words fit best with のは, which fit best with のが and which fit best with のを.
The…
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の versus こと in head-internal relative clauses
I'm sure something similar to this has been asked already, but I'm hoping this is a little different. I imagine the nominalizing usage of の is related to its noun modifying usage, like:
食べるの
versus
テーブルの上にリンゴがあったのを食べた
but in the first case the…
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「というのである」 basically same as 「ということである」?
I was asked to nominalize 「傾聴」とは耳を傾けて熱心に聞く(--?--)。 These were the options:
(1)「傾聴」とは耳を傾けて熱心に聞くということである。
(2)「傾聴」とは耳を傾けて熱心に聞くというのである。
With regard to grammar, I'd think that というのである can be substituted for ということである and be grammatically correct and…
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テストが（ ）を知りませんでした。 - what to put inside parenthesis?
The correct answer is 明日なの, not 明日. Why is that? My reasoning is that テストが明日を would mean "the test is performing an action on tomorrow", but we want to apply を to the whole テストが明日, so we need to turn this phrase into a "noun" by adding の, and…
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Difference between であること and ということ when nominalizing a noun?
Let's take this example from wasabi-jpn: 田中さんが女優であることは言わない. What is the difference if we were to use ということ or even simply ってこと instead. Is the difference perhaps simply that it's less formal and more natural in casual speech? Would とは work too in…
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Nominalizing a sentence ending in サ変 verbs
Here are two examples of nominalized サ変 verbs.
あす必ず任務を達成することを約束する。
彼らは私たちがこの薬を試用することを認めた。
Given that the stems of サ変 verbs are nouns, is it okay to just drop the する (and こと) in the above sentences? What I am worried about is that 達成する and 試用する…
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Can you nominalize a verb and then use it again as verb by combining with です?
I have come across a sentence which I do not know if I understand correctly.
すべて の コイン を もらえる の です か？
I know that in this sentence the speaker asks if he wins/receives all of the coins, but I am not sure if I understand the structure and logic of…
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