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1 Direct S + Noun: Noun modification by sentence (= relative clause)
In English, you can modify nouns with sentences and create complex noun phrases, as below.
1. the teacher who is teaching at GW
The underlined modifying sentence qualifies what kind of teacher we are talking about. This kind of noun modification is called relative clause. Likewise, you can have noun modification by sentences in Japanese. You should note the following characteristics:
Characteristics of noun modification by sentences in Japanese
(i) The modifying sentence precedes the modified noun in Japanese (ii) There is no connecting element such as which, who, and that. (iii) You must use direct-style sentences for modifiers.
2. 私てTMど院ニ【ヨ【 3. 大額てぜィほ
ぱぱカ 4. 私て見ふべ写真
the coffee that I drink often
the town where there is an university the picture that I showed (you)
the movie that Mr. Yamashita saw yesterday
the movie Mary wants to see
the restaurant to which John goes tonight the letter that I don’t want to read
the kanji that (I) don’t know
the person who didn’t come
5. 山価はカてつももぞ見べ瑛雅
6. ズΓ【はカて見べぞ瑛雅
7. バΜはカて今晩行どΕパΒΜ 8. 読べどやぞ手紙
9. 分づァやぞ潅字
えいが
10. 来やづぽべ人
Use よ and や in place of ぺ because of a general constraint that prohibits ぺ in the
middle of a sentence.
11. ズΓッ人よ額生≧ズΓッ人ぺ額生∞ an American student
12. でイぞや大額≧でイぞぺ大額∞ a beautiful university Lesson 12A Page 365