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3. Vrnaswy6 often appears with conditional clauses ending in -te wa,
-tam, or -te mo, as in KS(B) - (D) and Exs.(b) - (f).

Vmasu-kata also means 'a I the way to V; a I the way of V-ing.' However,
Vmasu-kata cannot be used with ga nai to mean 'there is no way to V; can-
not V,' as in [I].

Unlike Vmasu-kata, Vmasu-y6 cannot be used to mean 'how to V,' as in [2].

4L
b. gSo@ Bo L {Z / *A 3 1 fl&&b @b>,
(I don't know how to study kanji.)
It is also noted that Vmasu-kata is used to mean 'way' either in terms of
method or manner, as in [2] and [3], while Vmaswy6 is usually used to mean
'method.'
d.0 t t If.*
[3] a. ~LCi@?xo)%L {%/??driI ;j'&?rE,,
(I like the way she talks.)
d.h HbLh
/
b. ~BJ~ESIL&< 12 ??d;i~ etao
(He eats in a funny fashion.)
(+ -kata (DBJG: 183-84))