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command I request as in KS(A), (B), and Exs.(b), or a suggestion1
advice as in Exs.(e) - (g), or an intention I desire as in Exs.(a), (c) and
(4.
2. Usually nari is repeated twice, but it may appear only once in Vinf .
nonpast nari Vinf . nonpast nari.

&I)
(1) %&c:~T< LT, &gkg&bt;/vk L~':I;P~T?&
(Why don't you go to the barber's and make your hairstyle
neat?)

3. The main predicate of the structure in question is more often than not in
the nonpast tense, because it expresses the speaker's current will, deter-
mination, desire or habits as shown in Exs.(a), (c) and (d). But the main
predicate can be in the past, if the predicate expresses a habitual deter-
mination as shown in (3) below.
(3) %~lk?%?o)~k%;~~%~b Gblk!I&, %&a ?I B$hG )3 Izk7 <
d: i Lk,
:
I

(I've made it a rule to ask my teacher or a Japanese when I don't
know how to read kanji.)

I. The structure - nari - nari can be replaced by the conjunction - ka - ka,
because both can express choice. So, KS(A) and Ex.(a), for example,
can be rewritten as [I] and [2], respectively.

The crucial difference between - nari - nari and - ka - (ka) is that the
latter is an exhaustive listing of choices (i.e., 'either - or'), but the for-
mer is a listing of representatives out of more possible choices.
(+ - ka - ka; kal (DBJG: 164-66))
11. The expression - -tari - -tari can replace - nari - nari. For example,