Grammar Notes $BBh(B 5 $B2](B B

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I. Nominal$B!!(BModifiers$B!!(Bof$B!!(BNominals
A: Nominal$B$N(B Nominal

  Notes: 
  1. Nominal$B#A(B describes Nominal$B#B(B; "A-kind of B".
     The exact meaning varies according to the context.	
   $B$l$$(B  
     a.$BF|K\$N





$B$l$s$7$e$&(B--Express the following in Japanese.



    

  1. American telephones/ the telephones in America

  2. restaurants in Tokyo

  3. the color of the bag

  4. Japanese language books

  5. a green car

  6. a 200-yen notebook

  7. my friend

  8. Mr. Tanaka's typewriter

  9. my friend's American car

  10. the color of that big suitcase

  11. A:Whose bag is it?
    
B:It's Sato's.    







I. Nominal$B!!(BModifiers$B!!(Bof$B!!(BNominals

B$B!'$J(B-Nominal + Nominal



  Notes: 
  1. $B$J(B-Nominals take $B$J(B to modify nominals.
    $B$l$$(B  
          a.$B$Y$s$j$J$8$7$g(B		
            a convenient dictionary
          b.$B$@$a$J%Z%s(B			
            a useless pen
          c.$B$-$l$$$J$N(B			
            a pretty one
  2. $BF1$8(B is a nominal, but it directly modifies the following Nominal.
    $B$l$$(B  
      a.$B$3$l$H$=$l$O!"F1$8%Z%s$G$9!#(B
      b.$B$3$l$H$=$l$O!"F1$8$N$G$9!#(B  ** $BF1$8$N%Z%s(B 







$B$l$s$7$e$&(B--Express the following in Japanese.



    

  1. a pretty umbrella

  2. a convenient computer

  3. an inconvenient one

  4. a bad (=no good) student







II$B!%(BX$B$b(BY$B$b(B 		$B!I(Bboth X and Y$B!I(B


 Compare$B!!(B
   a.$B%1!<%-$H%Q%$$r$+$$$^$7$?!#(B (exhaustively listing A and B)
   b.$B%1!<%-$b%Q%$$b$+$$$^$7$?!#(B (emphatically listing A and B)
   c.$B%1!<%-$H%Q%$$b$+$$$^$7$?!#(B

 Note: You cannot say $B#X$b#Y$b$G$9(B.

 $B$l$$(B

 1.A:$B;3ED$5$s$@$1Mh$^$7$?$+!#(B		 $B!!!!(B
     Did only Yamada come?
   B:$B$$$$$(!";3ED$5$s$b%9%_%9$5$s$bMh$^$7$?!#(B
     No, Yamada AND Smith came.
 2.$B$3$l$b$"$l$b#1K|1_$G$9!#(B             
   Both this and that are 10,000 yen.







$B$l$s$7$e$&(B--Respond to the following questions.



    

  1. $B$3$N%Q%$$,$*$$$7$$$G$9$+!#(B(Yes, both this pie and that cake...)

  2. $B%o!<%W%m$r$h$/$D$+$$$^$9$+!#(B(Yes, both word processors and computers...)

  3. $BEDCf$5$s$O%F%K%9$,$G$-$^$9$+!#(B(Yes, both tennis and golf...)

  4. $B$-$g$&Mh$^$9$+!#(B(Yes, both today and tomorrow...)

  5. $BF|K\8l$O$d$5$7$/$J$$$G$9$M$(!#(B(No, neither Japanese nor Chinese...)







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1. $B$_$s$J(B and $B$_$J$5$s(B	    
   a.$B$_$s$J$7$^$7$?!#(B	    $B!!!!!!!!(B 
     I did it all/Everybody did it.
   b.$B$_$J$5$s!"$*$O$h$&$4$6$$$^$9!#!!(B
     Good morning, everybody.

2. Inverted sentences	    
   a.$B8+$^$7$?$+!"EDCf$5$s$N





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