We’ve learned how to add clauses, phrases and sentences together, but how do we form disjunctive sentences like “but” and “however”?<\/p>\n
One way to do it is to use \u3067\u3082<\/strong> :<\/p>\n \u79c1\u306f\u30a4\u30ae\u30ea\u30b9\u4eba\u3067\u3059<\/strong>\u3002\u3067\u3082\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u3092\u8a71\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = I am a British person, but I don’t speak English<\/p>\n (\u308f\u305f\u3057<\/strong>\/\u79c1 <\/strong>= I. \u306f<\/strong> = particle. \u30a4\u30ae\u30ea\u30b9 <\/strong>= England\/Britain. \u3058\u3093<\/strong>\/\u4eba<\/strong> = person. \u3067\u3059<\/strong> = is)<\/p>\n (\u3067\u3082<\/strong> = but. \u3048\u3044\u3054<\/strong>\/\u82f1\u8a9e<\/strong> = English. \u3092<\/strong> = particle. \u306f\u306a\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>\/\u8a71\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = don’t speak)<\/p>\n Another way to form disjunctive sentences is to use \u304c<\/strong> :<\/p>\n \u30d3\u30fc\u30eb\u306f\u98f2\u307f\u307e\u3059\u304c<\/strong>\u3001\u30ef\u30a4\u30f3\u306f\u98f2\u307f\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = I drink beer, but I don’t drink wine.<\/p>\n (\u30d3\u30fc\u30eb<\/strong> = beer. \u306f<\/strong> = particle. \u306e\u307f\u307e\u3059<\/strong>\/\u98f2\u307f\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = drink. \u304c<\/strong> = but. \u30ef\u30a4\u30f3<\/strong> = wine. \u306f<\/strong> = particle. \u306e\u307f\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>\/\u98f2\u307f\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = don’t drink)<\/p>\n In conversational Japanese, \u3067\u3082<\/strong> and \u304c<\/strong>\u00a0is frequently used, but in written communication \u3057\u304b\u3057<\/strong> is\u00a0preferred :<\/p>\n \u5e73\u65e5\u306f\u5927\u5b66\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u9031\u672b\u306f\u50cd\u304d\u307e\u3059\u50cd\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = On weekdays I will go to college, however on weekends I will work.<\/p>\n (\u3078\u3044\u3058\u3064<\/strong>\/\u5e73\u65e5<\/strong> = weekday. \u306f<\/strong> = particle. \u3060\u3044\u304c\u304f<\/strong>\/\u5927\u5b66<\/strong> = college. \u3078<\/strong> = particle. \u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>\/\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = go)<\/p>\n (\u3057\u304b\u3057<\/strong> = however. \u3057\u3085\u3046\u307e\u3064<\/strong>\/\u9031\u672b<\/strong> = weekend. \u306f<\/strong> = particle. \u306f\u305f\u3089\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>\/\u50cd\u304d\u307e\u3059\u50cd\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = work)<\/p>\n \u3060\u304c<\/strong> is another disjunctive used in written communication :<\/p>\n \u5f7c\u306f\u8ca7\u4e4f\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3060\u304c\u6b63\u76f4\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = He is poor but honest<\/p>\n (\u304b\u308c<\/strong>\/\u5f7c <\/strong>= he. \u306f<\/strong> = particle. \u3073\u3093\u307c\u3046\u3067\u3059<\/strong>\/\u8ca7\u4e4f\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = poor. \u3060\u304c <\/strong>= but. \u3057\u3087\u3046\u3058\u304d\u3067\u3059<\/strong>\/\u6b63\u76f4\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = honest)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve learned how to add clauses, phrases and sentences together, but how do we form disjunctive sentences like “but” and “however”? One way to do it is to use \u3067\u3082 : \u79c1\u306f\u30a4\u30ae\u30ea\u30b9\u4eba\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3067\u3082\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u3092\u8a71\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093 = I am a British person, but I don’t speak English (\u308f\u305f\u3057\/\u79c1 = I. \u306f = particle. \u30a4\u30ae\u30ea\u30b9 = England\/Britain. \u3058\u3093\/\u4eba = person…<\/p>\n