Page 238 - Makino,Tsutusi.DictionaryOfIntermediateJGrammar

164 mai

(2) ?i%k+/vaz t G~T~L\~
I lw -
(She probably won't do such a thing.)
i: ?
(3) z/va@%Gk-Et%%~\~
(Such an opportunity probably won't recur (lit. come again).)
3. Vinf.nonpast mai expresses the speaker's negative volition. Like vvol,
mai does not have a past form. The past tense is expressed by other
verbs, as in (4) - (5).
9 6
(4) %a)lf-Y4-C:Gk&jfi<bL\k.F,~I:, (cf.Ex.(a))
(I decided (lit. thought) that I would not go to Kiyoshi's parties
any more.)
(5) & i %$~z~kM&SGt~\k~i~k:&&f:, (cf. KS(A))
(I am determined not to ask any more favors of Hashimoto.)
- -
-
-
-
-
:ME (e y6 to omou (DBJG: 569-71))
=
=
-
-
-- 4. The volition of someone other than the speaker can be expressed by
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
--
mai, as in (6).
ljbt :
(6) %7-Gki&Qlf-Y.r -Ktk& ifi< %L\~,F,QI:,
(Keiko decided (lit. thought) that she would not go to Kiyoshi's
parties any more.)
Note that to omou 'think that' is used to express the volition of some-
one other than the speaker. Thus, (7) expresses the speaker's conjecture
rather than Keiko's volition.
(7) %7-CMmlf-7 4 -KGk & j 4T< tLl0
(Keiko probably won't go to Kiyoshi's parties any more.)
5. Vinf .nonpast mai to suru expresses the idea of "try not to V."
~
~
~
~
(8) a i a p 772$x5 j ~t L~Z, ~im5n(a)e~\t:
~
LT~~)Yc:B{ W/UIZ,
(He tried to take my bag, but I held it tightly under my arm, try-
ing to keep it from being taken.)
(& minr (DB JG: 246-4711