Re: Can "no" be used as well as "na" in this case?
From: Joseph Irwin (gtg519g_at_KESU.mail.gatech.edu)
Date: 10/08/04
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 10:30:26 -0400
Sean Holland wrote:
> in article 10mcaghnc9ldccc@news.supernews.com, Kevin Wayne Williams at
> kww.nihongo@verizon.nut wrote on 10/7/04 10:48 PM:
>
>
>>Bart Mathias wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Bart Mathias wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Konrad Den Ende wrote:
>>>>[...]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>How about $BBg$-$J(B and $B>.$J(B? Both are $B$J(B-adjectives, yet consists
>>>>>only of single kanji. Are those non-chinese then?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Chiisana" is easier to read if you write it as $B>.$5$J(B. Also in that
>>>>group is $B$*$+$7$J(B, and at least one more that doesn't come to mind at
>>>>the moment.
>>>>
>>>>Grammar test for the day: Show that the three Japanese words in this
>>>>post are *not* $B$J(B-adjectives. ([...])
>>>
>>>
>>>I thought there might be some takers. So obvious that I have insulted
>>>everyone's intelligence?
>>
>>If they were, then
>>$B$3$l$O>.$5$G$9!#(B
>>$B$3$l$OBg$-$G$9!#(B
>>$B$3$l$O$*$+$7$G$9!#(B
>>would be legal sentences. They aren't.
>>KWW
>
>
> Oh, a smart guy, eh?
>
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Is the reason any more profound than that they happen to actually be -i
adjectives? If it is, I would be interested in what Dr. Mathias had in
mind. On a side note, no Japanese person I've asked has ever been able
to come up with a reason that you can stick a -na on the end of these
words instead of the -i. Is it that the reason is lost in the sands of
time, or do I just pick the wrong people to ask?
Joseph
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