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178 rniseru

(I
&,4,~hb& will definitely read it 1 I will show you how to read it.)

il.r.L? L?Cri
@liZa>2?tOR EK27 TA-t?&.
(I am determined to become the president of this company.)
.htL
~~ii~a>~\'/~-~,a%'a>Z~Ei&~-~h-t?aih~
(I can manage to marry that handsome guy.)
LL as c Wf C *A.
r 8~-Va>$Q-@Bn7T%,4,Tk-t?&Q0
(I will definitely read a 300-page book in one hour.)
Lei L 3LlL
$~Z+G~I~~~*C.B~~EG~-(~A~~.
(This year I will definitely finish writing my M.A. thesis.)
fib H Dr< Cri b.3Vri ItL
-gikE% - b )be+ - $>T~!ZT-C&-&~~
(Kazuo managed to run 100 meters in 11 seconds.)

I. Vte rniseru expresses primarily the speaker's strong determination to
demonstrate his 1 her ability to accomplish s.t.
2. When miseru retains the literal meaning of 'show' a particular action,
the tense of rniseru can be either nonpast or past as shown in (1) and (2)
below, but if rniseru does not retain the original meaning, the tense of
the verb cannot be past, as shown in (3) and (4) below.
(1) ~LG~+o~~Q%~T&~;~cz L-c~~T~,
(I drank up the sake in one breath for others to see.)
(2) -%Gi.B%- b)bQl--$>Tj!Z~-Ckek~ (=Ex.(e))
(3) *#diEa>%?ka>$*EC:G3Tke% Lk0 (cf. Ex.(a))

3. Since Vte rniseru expresses the speaker's own determination to do
something, the subject can be neither the second person nor the third
person.