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2. あたらしい あたらしくて ‘it is new, and ...’ 3. いい よくて(irregular!) ‘it is good, and ...’
くて forms are tenseless; they can be used in present as well as past sentences:
4. りょうは、ふるくて、うるさいです。‘The dormitory is old and noisy.’
5. りょうは、ふるくて、うるさかったです。‘The dormitory was old and noisy.’
The following negative forms are adjectival. They have くて forms:
2
6. 7.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
たかくない たかくなくて ‘it is not expensive, and ...’ きれいじゃない きれいじゃなくて ‘it is not clean/beautiful, and ...’
More varieties of noun phrase
きれいで あんぜんなまち ‘beautiful and safe town’ きれいで おいしいレストラン
きれいじゃなくて まずいレストラン
たかくて まずいコーヒー ‘expensive and poor-tasting coffee’ おいしくて きれいなレストラン
たかくなくて おいしいコーヒー
Useful conjunctions connecting sentences
3
These appear in the beginning of a sentence.
4
(それ)でも ‘admitting that, still; however’ しかし ‘however’
だから ‘therefore; because of that’
それで ‘therefore; with that reason’ それから ‘and also; in addition; after that’ それに ‘additionally; furthermore; besides’
Conjunctions connecting interactive turns
(それ)じゃ(あ)/(それ)では ‘if what you are saying is true’
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