主語. Identifying the subject of a sentence, which often is omitted.
主語. Identifying the subject of a sentence, which often is omitted.
Questions tagged [subjects]
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Question about who the subject is: 君が僕と結婚してくれたら、残りの人生ずっといい気分ですごせると思うよ
In the sentence:
君が僕と結婚してくれたら、残りの人生ずっといい気分ですごせると思うよ。
Who is the person who will be able to live their whole life feeling good? Is it 君 or 僕?
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Who is the subject in 「駅の前にいるから、迎えに行ってくれる？」?
I'm currently studying Japanese grammar and there's this sentence:
駅の前にいるから、迎えに行ってくれる？
By default the translation given is:
I’m in front of the station, can you come here to meet me?
But couldn't it also be translated as:
[since] You are in…
Kul
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What exactly is the subject?
I've been studying Japanese for quite a while and I've realised lately that I didn't understand what the concept of the subject was in Japanese and even English too. As a native speaker of English I found this quite surprising but then again I don't…
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Is there a "default" topic when speaking in Japanese?
So I say, apropos of nothing, 「電車｛でんしゃ｝を降｛お｝ります。」 With no other context, and no topic established, who do you assume is the person that gets off the train? Is it me? Is it whomever I'm speaking to? Would it be hasty or incorrect to translate this…
Lou
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Subject-verb inconsistency in compound sentences: A norm?
I used to write long, compound English sentences until I was told that it was considered poor writing style. However, the more Japanese I read, the more I get the feeling that it is rather natural to have a long, (seemingly) complex sentence instead…
Yeti Ape
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Does subject marker が always have to be before the conjugated verb?
むかし、 むかし、 ある ところ に おじいさん と おばあさん が いました。
Here's what I got so far:
(adv. time), (adv. time), (to be - infinitive) (somewhere) (ni particle), (old man) (to - conjunction) (old woman) (ga subject marker) (iru - polite past)
Does the subject marker が…
user27251
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Identification of the subject of「目をそらすかと。。。」
From what I understand, the expression 「〜のかと」 can be used to express the speaker thinking something might happen, as in 「〜のかと思って」. However in the below passage I am having trouble understanding what it means in…
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What is the subject of "韓国料理が食べたいと言ったので、"?
Context:
今日は前の職場の同僚とランチに行きました。韓国料理が食べたいと言ったので、大阪の鶴橋でご飯を食べました。
I guess the subject is the author's colleague, but may I ask, I think the sentence doesn't explicitly state who the subject of "言った" is, so why can't it be the author?
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Understanding subject change in「馬鹿みたい子供なのね」
I'm looking to start learning casual speech through different songs I like and using translated lyrics to decipher the meaning. The first phrase of the song 馬鹿みたい is giving me some confusion. In 馬鹿みたい子供なのね how do we know we've gone from talking…
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Identifying subjects of these sentences I found in Firefox
ウェブサイトの外観
一部のウエブサイトはあなたの設定をもとにカラースキームを適用します。
これらのサイトでどのカラースキームを使用するか選択してください。
I am not sure about the subject for 使用する. I think it is "websites". Were it written as "使用している" I would understand it as "which you will be using on these websites". Or…
美しい孤独
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