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entrance to Kyoto University. In KS(C), the instructor's class is boring
but the speaker / writer cannot identify the reason.
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The final predicate is overtly negative, as in KS(A), (C), Exs.(a) - (c) ID
2.
and (e), or covertly negative as in Exs.(d) and (j). When the final pred- k
icate is not negative, it normally ends with an auxiliary adjective -rashii
or -yoda, as in KS(B) and Exs.(f) - (i).
3. DdmO is used with arigatd (gozaimasu) to mean 'Thank you very much,'
or with sumimasen to mean 'I'm very sorry.' Ddmo alone can mean a
very casual 'Thank you' or 'Sorry' without the following arigato (gozai-
masu) or sumimasen. Examples follow:
(1) %E122iB (& rld'k 3 c"Fb13 LI:),
(lit. Thank you very much for what you did for me the other

(I'm sorry.)

donnani - (koto) ka 2')

how - (!)
mation about the degree to which [ REL. dorehodo - (koto) ka;
ikani - (koto) ka]

+Key Sentences

I Sentence I I

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(HOW glad my elder brother was when he recovered from his illness!)