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SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE GRAMMAR

b. %~~lk(k?i)
((think) that s.t. is difficult)
(e to3 (DBJG: 478-80))
3.7. Noun 1 Verb + Compound particle (pre-verbal form)
($&)
(21) a. ~~~31%i=gbl-c
((talk) about Japanese culture)
B ti< Or< tit5
b. (%Q) k6GL3;kT(ZEllKBPgi?&o)
(As one grows old, (one's memory fails.))
3.8. Vte
L.3 Vt
(22) $b>T (on foot); %.b)T (hurriedly)
(6 -te (DBJG: 464-67))
3.9. Vmasu + 1:
(23) (&sc:)A~~G:
(5kf:)
((came) to see (s.o.'s friend))
(6 ni5 (DBJG: 297-99))

4. Sentence-initial elements
Sentence-initial elements modify the clause which follows. They include sen-
tence-initial conjunctions, sentence adverbials, sentential topics, and sentence-
initial clauses. Sentence-initial clauses are elements of complex sentences.
(See E. Complex Sentences.)

4.1. Sentence-initial conjunctions
Some conjunctions appear in the sentence-initial position.
c
w.~i=a
(24) a. %iFK~;kl&k!7?~ Lfi>L, N&%ii&& iiTf?o
(This is truly a difficult problem. But there should be a way to
solve it.)
1~iiX3
-$
b. -?D~~~L$L~'~T%& ?LT,
tiirk 20
C:KBQl/vRo
(That job was too big for me to do by myself, so I asked for help
from some of my friends.)