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-kaneru / - kara - ni itaru made 99
main predicate is in the progressive form, -kaneru can take the third per-
son, as in Me) and (f).
[Re,atd ~x~ressionsl
nere are two auxiliaries similar to -kaneru. They are Vmasu nikui and
gatai. The crucial difference is that -kaneru conveys the meaning of
but the other two don't; rather, they convey the meaning of 'hard
to do ~.t.' The auxiliary -gatai is used in written Japanese, so it sounds very
awkward in [lb] but is acceptable in [la].
Clii A.
111 a. 206 5 a% kcltJZ~ 111%~3 / C<L\/~$~;L\),
(It is hard for me to accept such a condition.)
- kara - ni itaru made -- %P % --KT b d T stl: <w>
starting with - ending with -;
from - to -
[REL. - kara - made]
+~ey Sentence
I I I I I
(Mr. Smith can read Japanese widely, ranging from weekly magazines
to scholastic books.)