{"id":373,"date":"2010-04-23T10:02:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T10:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=373"},"modified":"2010-04-24T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T10:02:39","slug":"interrogative-%e3%82%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/interrogative-%e3%82%82\/","title":{"rendered":"Interrogative + \u3082"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The use of an interrogative + <strong>\u3082<\/strong> is interesting in that it has different meanings based on whether it&#8217;s used in affirmative sentences or negative sentences :<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3044\u3064<\/strong> (when)\u00a0+ <strong>\u3082<\/strong> = always, all the time<\/p>\n<p>(1) <strong>\u771f\u5f13\u306e\u6bcd\u306f\u3044\u3064\u3082\u5fd9\u3057\u3044<\/strong> = Mayumi&#8217;s mother is always busy<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u307e\u3086\u307f<\/strong>\/<strong>\u771f\u5f13<\/strong> = Mayumi. <strong>\u306e<\/strong> = possessive particle. <strong>\u306f\u306f<\/strong>\/<strong>\u6bcd<\/strong> = mother. <strong>\u306f<\/strong> = particle. <strong>\u3044\u3064\u3082<\/strong> = always. <strong>\u3044\u305d\u304c\u3057\u3044<\/strong>\/<strong>\u5fd9\u3057\u3044<\/strong> = busy)<\/p>\n<p>But <strong>\u3044\u3064<\/strong> (when)\u00a0+ <strong>\u3082<\/strong> can also mean &#8220;never&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(2) <strong>\u79c1\u306f\u65e5\u66dc\u65e5\u306b\u3044\u3064\u3082\u5bb6\u306b\u3044\u306a\u3044<\/strong> = I&#8217;m never home on Sundays<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u308f\u305f\u3057\/\u79c1<\/strong> = I. <strong>\u306f<\/strong>= particle. <strong>\u306b\u3061\u3088\u3046\u3073\/\u65e5\u66dc\u65e5<\/strong> = Sunday. <strong>\u306b\u3044\u3064\u3082<\/strong> = never. <strong>\u3044\u3048\/\u5bb6<\/strong> = house.<strong> \u306b<\/strong> = particle.<strong> \u3044\u306a\u3044<\/strong> = not here)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3069\u3053<\/strong> (where) + <strong>\u3082<\/strong> can mean everywhere<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3069\u3053\u3082\u540c\u3058\u3067\u3059\u304b<\/strong> = Is it the same everywhere?<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u3069\u3053\u3082<\/strong> = everywhere. <strong>\u304a\u306a\u3058<\/strong>\/<strong>\u540c\u3058<\/strong> = same. <strong>\u3067\u3059<\/strong> = is. <strong>\u304b <\/strong>= question particle)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3069\u3053<\/strong> (where) + <strong>\u3082<\/strong> can mean nowhere<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3069\u3053\u3082\u884c\u304f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = I have nowhere to go<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>\u3069\u3053\u3082 <\/strong>= nowhere. <strong>\u3044\u304f\/\u884c\u304f<\/strong> = to go. <strong>\u3068\u3053\u308d<\/strong> = place. <strong>\u304c<\/strong> = particle. <strong>\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong> = have)<\/p>\n<p>However, the word for &#8220;everyone&#8221; in the affirmative is not <strong>\u3060\u308c\u3082<\/strong>, it&#8217;s actually <strong>\u307f\u3093\u306a<\/strong> or<strong> \u307f\u306a\u3055\u3093<\/strong>. When used in negative sentences, &#8220;no one&#8221; will be <strong>\u3060\u308c\u3082<\/strong>, which is a combination of <strong>\u3060\u308c<\/strong> (who) and <strong>\u3082<\/strong>. When you want to be polite, you can use <strong>\u3069\u306a\u305f\u3082<\/strong> instead of <strong>\u3060\u308c\u3082<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a general rule, an interrogative + <strong>\u3082 <\/strong>will mean things like, &#8220;everyone&#8221;, &#8220;always&#8221;, &#8220;everywhere&#8221; in affirmative sentences, but an interrogative + <strong>\u3082 <\/strong>in negative sentences will mean, &#8220;no one&#8221;, &#8220;never&#8221;, &#8220;nowhere&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of an interrogative + \u3082 is interesting in that it has different meanings based on whether it&#8217;s used in affirmative sentences or negative sentences : \u3044\u3064 (when)\u00a0+ \u3082 = always, all the time (1) \u771f\u5f13\u306e\u6bcd\u306f\u3044\u3064\u3082\u5fd9\u3057\u3044 = Mayumi&#8217;s mother is always busy (\u307e\u3086\u307f\/\u771f\u5f13 = Mayumi. \u306e = possessive particle. \u306f\u306f\/\u6bcd = mother. \u306f =&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/interrogative-%e3%82%82\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8406],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","tag-interrogative-"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}