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Question to Teacher: Why is DA placed after certain words?
Course 3 Lesson 2: Mikami Sensei (Mini Conversations)
Question to Teacher: Why is DA placed after certain words?
Course 3 Lesson 2: Mikami Sensei (Mini Conversations)
| seek | Post Date: 2005-03-15 08:07:38 |  save to notebook | saved questions | |||
 member since 2005 Jan 22 Questions: 14 Comments: 65 | I'm sorry but I must've missed something. I would like to know why だ is placed after certain words. For instance,is it necessary here: 仕事だからです or here in 海が好きだからです。I don't understand what it's porpose is. I'm sorry if the answer is totally obvious. Thank You | |||||
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| YesJapan Teacher (Yuki) | Post Date: 2005-03-15 08:12:59 | ||
 member since 2004 Mar 26 Questions: 0 Comments: 298 |
Let's break down the sentences in your question first: しごとだからです。 (SHIGOTO DA KARA DESU = SHIGOTO DA(informal version of SHIGOTO DESU) KARA(because) DESU(formal ending = Because it's my job) うみが すきだからです。 (UMII GA SUKI DA KARA DESU = UMI GA SUKI DA(informal version of UMI GA SUKI DESU) KARA(because) DESU(formal ending = Because I like the ocean) DA is only placed after nouns (that includes NA adjectives). It is an informal version of DESU after nouns only. In the first sentence, DA comes after SHIGOTO, which is a noun. In the second sentence, DA comes after SUKI which is a NA adjective. And the NA adjectives are grammatically nouns. Hope this helps. Yuki @ YesJapan | ||
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| seek | Post Date: 2005-03-17 08:54:38 | |||
member since 2005 Jan 22 Questions: 14 Comments: 65 |
ok I feel better Why do you need 2 forms of desu though-doesn't matter Ill just go with it. ありがとうございました | |||
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| chiklit | Post Date: 2005-03-17 09:09:38 | ||
 member since 2005 Feb 11 Questions: 5 Comments: 31 |
informal There's an informal form of every verb. | ||
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| Hoshi | Post Date: 2005-03-17 15:11:38 | ||
member since 2005 Mar 09 Questions: 1 Comments: 6 |
Seek The extra desu appears to be added for politness. This might help you, seek: Course 2 Lesson 10 (Grammar ) | ||
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| seek | Post Date: 2005-03-17 22:48:38 | |||
member since 2005 Jan 22 Questions: 14 Comments: 65 |
I'm not that dumb.. Yes, I know Chicklet- I meant in the same sentence(geez)... | |||
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| chiklit | Post Date: 2005-03-17 23:39:38 | ||
member since 2005 Feb 11 Questions: 5 Comments: 31 |
oh Heh, sorry. I misunderstood. | ||
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| pinkboi | Post Date: 2005-03-18 02:41:38 | ||
 member since 2003 Aug 01 Questions: 19 Comments: 55 |
within sentences... generally speaking, I hear, you use informal verbs throughout the sentence (to modify nouns, before から, before と, etc..), only using the formal at the end if it's a formal sentence. | ||
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| seek | Post Date: 2005-03-18 07:31:38 | |||
member since 2005 Jan 22 Questions: 14 Comments: 65 |
ah! Thanks a lot guys!! ^.^ I've got it 100% | |||
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