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ni / ni atattelatari 237
[I] E6 El %hdfE%C:%;iIzUlCL (cf. KS(A))
[2] %&75'I: < 3 AibhCfZ tv82ZT$E;i&0CZ0 (cf. Ex.(b))
The desholdaro ni version indicates uncertainty, whereas the noni version
does not. Comparison of [3a] and [3b] below will clarify the point.
[3] a. #C:b~b~B$lsrib~I:I;KPa"+3LIr.~%~%I:ff33C~o
(=Ex.(c))

b. I%G:~~~~~%JY%J~I: I;%@%Z tvIr.%Uffi%I:UlC:..,
(If I had had a good job, it is very likely that I could have mar-
ried her.)
[3a] expresses uncertainty, meaning 'I guess I could have married Michiko,'
whereas [3b] doesn't express uncertainty.

a compound particle that indicates on the occasion of; at; in;
occasion of doing s.t. or of having before; prior to
done s.t. in formal Japanese [REL. mae ni; ni saishite; sai
(ni); toki]

+Key Sentences

(On the occasion of new employees' entering the company, the presi-
dent threw a party at a hotel.)