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1 Direct-style sentence + よ: nominalizer
In order to express complex thoughts, you can use the “nominalizer,” which turns a sentence
into a noun. In English, there are basically three patterns which achieve this objective:
1. that the teacher sings a song 2. the teacher’s singing a song 3. for the teacher to sing a song
And you can use them in larger sentences, as shown below:
4. It is surprising [that the teacher (should) sing]. 5. [The teacher’s singing] shocked everyone.
6. It was critical [for the teacher to sing].
We can achieve the same effect in Japanese by placing よ. Notice that you can use various particles with it depending on the meaning.
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7. 先生てだべだよらをカぺ〜
That the teacher should sing is strange.
8. 私ら\先生てだべだよオ聞ぞべ〜 I heard the teacher sing a song.
9. 先生てだべだよもぞぽぱゅだべぽべ〜 I sang along with the teacher singing a song.
Direct-style sentence +{よ−カ}めび: ‘I would like you to understand that ...; I mean that ...’
A related pattern ×よめび (or ×よぺ−×カぺ−×カめび) which derives from the above use of the nominalizer has a more specialized function. Its raison d’etre is the strong tendency for a typical Japanese individual to constantly seek sympathy and understanding from other people (read Amae no koozoo “Anatomy of dependence” by Takeo Doi if you are interested); it corresponds to ‘you know’, ‘I want you to understand that’, ‘I mean that’, and so on, in declarative sentences.
1. 先生てだべだカめび〜
The teacher is going to sing, you know.
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