Questions tagged [particles]
助詞. Non-inflecting function words which follow words, phrases, or entire sentences.
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Sentence ending ど?
I've encountered the following sentence where an elderly woman is talking about a horse, which seems to use ど as a particle twice.
知らない奴が近づくと けっとばされるど この前もけっとばされて ２人死んだど！
My current understanding of ...
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Understanding 最後に咥えて人の煙で吸った気になりたいから
He got diagnosed with lung cancer and he is not allowed to smoke anymore. He meets up with his smoking buddy for the last time.
I am not sure what he meant by 最後に咥えて人の煙で吸った気になりたいから. He will put a ...
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Using particle に with 今回/次回/前回
Is the particle NI required with these words?
姉は次回に連れてきます。
姉は次回連れてきます。
Are they both correct?
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What does か mean in this sentence?
「そのうちに僕は飛び立つが早いか、岩の上の河童へ躍りかかりました。同時に又河童も逃げ出しました」
So my question is about the meaning of this か in 「飛び立つが早いか」
I've always thought か means something like "I think", as expressing uncertainty ...
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に or を？Grammar help
In the sentence トムはそのときこうえんをあるいていた how come you use を instead of に for こうえん? Is it because grammarly the park can not do something to someone? I read something about intransitive and transitive verbs ...
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Meaning of 電話も出ない
A guy calls someone and there was no response and he said「僕の電話も出ない」. I am confused about the meaning of も. Based on Google search, phrases 電話を出る and 電話が出る are nonsense but 電話に出る makes sense. So it ...
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What does 向く mean here?
Trapped in debt, a salaryman says
僕はハードモードが向いてるんだ
I am not sure what 向いてる might mean. I might be overthinking but I initially thought it meant "to be suitable" but the usage of が is ...
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why is で being used in 買ってくるか で
The following is my transcription from a podcast for learners of Japanese. The speaker is listing a few 家庭料理 dishes.
コロッケはね、どこのうちでも作るか, それかスーパーとかで買ってくるかで、よく食べる料理の一つだと思います。
Why is the で in bold being ...
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What does で済ませる mean in this sentence⁇
I found this sentence in a book.
いつも夕食は簡単な料理やスーパーのおそうざいで済ませている
And this is the translation:
My dinner is always something simple or some side dish I bought at the supermarket.
I get that they probably ...
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How do we know which particle to use for がっかりする？
I'm confused over when to use which particle for the word, がっかりする, as well as other verbs that may use a range of different particles in different contexts. Is there a specific rule to knowing when to ...
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Confused by 付いてくる and the particle usage
私についてきなさい。
彼は悪天候をついて来た。
I first thought it could be an intransitive verb but seeing that you can use を as well confuses me about the usage and what 付いてくる really means. I originally understood it as ''...
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What does はね mean
私の夢はね誰かに抱きしめてもらう事だったんだ
I knows this sentence translates into "My dream was for someone to hug me". What I'm confused about is the はね part. As far as I understand, は is the topic marking ...
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What does と do to this sentence?
I am sorry in advance, as this is likely a duplicate, but after digging through the particle definitions and other similar questions, I can't identify what と particle is doing here:
急に、なんの前触れもなく“奪われる”...
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Differences and meanings of のを, のに, のは, のが, のこと
I have been studying for the N3 lately, and I'm very confused about these 5 points. It seems that they are all used to nominalize, but I'm confused about when and in what situations you would use ...
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Usage of 〜するように
I'm having a hard time figuring out the meaning of ように in
ジャブー様の一件でもわかるように
ガノンは我々の行く手に
先手をうちはじめた
I know that when following a verb in dictionary form, ように can have several meanings, like "in ...
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