Re: [Lingo] Re: [tlug] Correct particle to use

[Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On Jun 12, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Josh Glover wrote:

> On 12/06/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
>
> > Ask their mothers.[1]
> >
> > Ask them if they can say 「bawdo君は日本語の本を読める 
> > かい？」
>
> I think not. I think this is either a mistake or conveying some nuance
> a) for which no formal rule exists, or b) that neither my wife nor I
> have ever studied. I consider (b) somewhat unlikely, considering that
> the wife and I have something like 10 years of formal Japanese
> language instruction betwixt the two of us, and she has an advanced
> degree in Japanese linguistics.
>
> But stranger things have happened. :)

you mean things like "好きする"? ;)

Cheers,

Niels