Japanese Grammar

Question	Answer
ために	indicating purpose verb dictionary form＋ために noun+の＋ために
Transitive	I stopped the car. Sue closed the door. He lost the wallet. Ken left some cake.
Intransitive	The car stopped. The door closed. The wallet was lost. There was some cake left.
Some are this way, some are that way	たりform Lately, it has been hot one day and cold the next, hasn't it? さいきん、あつかったり、さむかったりするね。
Relative Clauses	あした見るえいが=the movie which I am seeing tomorrow 1-Plain form before the person or thing being described (but な after descriptive nouns and の after nouns) 2-No particle は in the relative clause
Describing things with relative clauses	adjective ending clause+noun descriptive ending clause+noun noun ending clause+の+noun あしかながいデービッドくんは歩くのがはやい。 David, who has long legs, walks quickly.
Strong commands You must You must not	verbてform+は＋いかない verbてform+は＋いけません verbてform+は＋だめだ verbてform+は＋だめです
のに	indicating purpose It take time to put on a kimono 着物を着るのに時間がかかる。

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	Created by Phoebe Parker over 10 years ago