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b.  iEf2-2E3-5,
                      (We will make the temperature constant.)
                             8/rV+< h< C*3
               [2]  a.  - 1.'JbCZ E ktP323-6.
                      (Let 1 dollar be Y360.)
                   b.  -1.'~l.cEBk-tP3CcbB,
                      (We will make 1 dollar Y360.)
             The  choice  of  the  particle  ni  indicates  that  the  speaker  causes  the
             change, whereas the choice of the particle to indicates that the speaker
             simply assumes a certain state of  the matter.  So if  the speaker cannot
             make an assumption about something, the use of  to is ungrammatical,
             as shown in [3] and [4].
                   Z)JP   AT
               [3]  ikQ*  (E /*21 3-5,
                   (We make ice into water.)
                   ?  lt3=+
               [41  IEEW~~~SJLB?%E. ~CC /*&I ~    5   ,
                   (The wizard will change a frog into a prince.)
          11.  To sureba /sum to can be contrasted with to nareba / naru to, with dif-
             ference of meaning. The former expresses an assumption, but the latter
             expresses a reality, as shown in [5] and [6] below:




                   b.  -El  G:XB?.~'JLB%T~ & 2  (ah[$/ Qb21, 4WRT
                      S33T7h.a
                      (If we can drive 500 miles per day, how many days will it
                      take to get there?)
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