Re: Can "no" be used as well as "na" in this case?

From: Kevin Wayne Williams (kww.nihongo_at_verizon.nut)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:44:06 -0700

Joseph Irwin wrote:

> 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?

I suspect that the sands of time are pretty deep in that region.
KWW

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