Re: 精力

From: Bart Mathias (mathias_at_hawaii.edu)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:53:24 GMT

Konrad Den Ende wrote:
>>見た = seen
>>物 = thing
>>見た物 = thing seen
>
>
> Aa! I thought it was one word as in "食べ物" or "買い物".
> Is "物" the same thing as "事" so it will be "見た事"?

I'm not sure what the "it" of "it will be" is, but 見た事 most likely
will mean "the event of ... having seen ...," as in "annano mita koto
aru" = "I've seen the like." (Or, changing "aru" to "nai," "I've never
seen ..."

You can't touch a 事. An odd gap in my Japanese ability prevents me
from knowing whether "kinou 見た事 kikaseyou?" ("Shall I tell you what
[event] I saw yesterday?") is valid Japanese or not, but someone else
will, I bet.

Bart