{"id":379,"date":"2013-06-05T13:20:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/?page_id=379"},"modified":"2013-06-05T13:20:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T18:20:37","slug":"n-desu-genki-i-chapter-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/grammar-index\/genki-i-ii-grammar-index\/n-desu-genki-i-chapter-12\/","title":{"rendered":"-n-desu ( Genki I Chapter 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>\uff5e\u3093\u3067\u3059<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two ways in Japanese to make a statement. One is to simply report it, and the other is offered as a means of explanation. \u3093\u3067\u3059 follows the short form of a predicate, and the predicate can be in the affirmative, negative, past, or non-past. When it follows a noun or a \u306a-adjective, \u306a comes in between.<\/p>\n<p>\u3042\u3057\u305f\u30c6\u30b9\u30c8\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3000\u3000I have an exam tomorrow (so I can&#8217;t go out tonight.)<\/p>\n<p>\u30c8\u30a4\u30ec\u306b\u3044\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000I have to go to the bathroom (so tell me where it is.)<\/p>\n<p>\uff5e\u3093\u3067\u3059 can be used in questions to invite explanations and further clarifications. It is often used with question words such as \u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066 and \u3069\u3046\u3057\u305f.<\/p>\n<p>Q: \u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u304b\u308c\u3068\u308f\u304b\u308c\u305f\u3093\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Why did you break up with your boyfriend? (You&#8217;ve got to tell me.)<\/p>\n<p>A: \u304b\u308c\u3001\u305c\u3093\u305c\u3093\u304a\u3075\u308d\u306b\u306f\u3044\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Oh, him. He never takes a bath. (That&#8217;s a good enough reason, isn&#8217;t it?)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\uff5e\u3093\u3067\u3059 There are two ways in Japanese to make a statement. One is to simply report it, and the other is offered as a means of explanation. \u3093\u3067\u3059 follows the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/379\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}