Re: [Lingo] 涼しげ

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I will give it a shot ;)

涼しいis the base meaning cool
げ is a particle meaning looks like, looking
な is added for the following noun connectivity (if a verb followed in would be a に)

basically looking/seeming cool(not warm)

The other Dave

steve smith <sjs@example.com> wrote:
>  Hi All
>
> It looks like 涼しげな means refreshing but I can't find it in any of my 
> dictionaries.  I found 涼しげな潮風 (along with several other examples 
> of 涼しげ) on the ALC site defined as "A refreshing breeze" so I'm 
> guessing that 涼しげ is a na adjective and not some variant of 涼しい. 
> But I've also seen 涼しさ and 涼しかった which don't fit any pattern I know.
>
> Can someone fill me in on 涼しげな and where it comes from ? Is it 
> somehow related to 涼しい?
>
>
> Thank you
> Steve S.
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