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GRAMMATICAL TERMS
tP:iiL
(g) b A ii+aE@%m%%b~~b~fz~
(At that time Tom was walking in the park.)
Double Particle A sequence of two particles. The first particle is usually a
case particle and the second is an adverbial particle such as wa 'topic 1 contrast
marker,' mo 'also, even,' and shika 'only' or the possessive particle no.
t') PL?
(a) ~~fi>%ib&Tlkfl&f:~
(lit. From Tokyo Mr. Tanaka came.)
(b) %ti: T-S~V~&L~;~
(I talked with Mr. Miller, too.)
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(c) z k~ti3b
(This is a letter from my father.)
Embedded Sentence A sentence within another sentence is an embedded
sentence. The bold-faced part of each sentence below is the embedded sen-
tence. An embedded sentence is marked by a subordinate conjunction such as
kara 'because,' keredomo 'although,' node 'because,' noni 'although,' to 'if,'
the quote marker to 'that,' a nominalizer (no or koto) or the head noun of a rel-
ative clause.
83. e hkf blk t;,
(a) LIIBiiEjfPSjb~kZ~ko
(Yamada said that he had a headache.)
(b) LLIBC~~~PWL\~TO%B%IVI~~
(Yamada didn't go to school, because he had a headache.)
Experiencer A person who experiences s.t. that is beyond human control
such as ability, desire, need, fondness, and emotion. A human passive subject
can also be regarded as an experiencer. The bold-faced parts of the following
examples are all experiencers.