Re: Conjucation of "to be"

From: Rafael Caetano (rcaetano7_at_NOSPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 06/07/04


Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:12:05 +0900

Travers Naran wrote:
> Konrad Den Ende wrote:
>
>>I tried with the following link
>>http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1C_v1
>>and entered "to be". I wished to generate the conjugation
>>table for that verb but to my big surprise i found that i
>>couldn't locate "to be" in the list with hits created for me.
>>What did i do wrong?
>
>
> Heheheh. You made the same mistake I made back in my first month of
> learning Japanese!
>
> Which verb "to be" are you after:
>
> $B$"$k!)(B
> $B$$$k!)(B
>
> $B$G$9(B is a copula and doesn't technically count as a verb.

Why does the copula "to be" count as a verb?

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Rafael Caetano


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