Re: [tlug] tokyo linux developers?

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 04/06/07, Niels KobschÃtzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com> wrote:

> On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Josh Glover wrote:

> > But you must always use the particle ã instead of ã for the
> > potential form of a verb. Hence æãèã but æãèãã ("read a
> > book" versus "able to read a book", respectively).
>
> I think that is wrong - I'm quite sure (and "A Dictionary of
> Intermediate Japanese Grammar" from The Japan Times seems to say the
> same at page 553ff. which is about the potential form)  that particle
> usage is the same and that depends on the verb (åãã is used
> with ã while you'll say æãèãã) or the usage (like the
> difference in ã/ãèã)

Nein, dahling.

Unless you can cite me a source that shows otherwise, I refuse to
believe that ã can ever be used with verb in the potential form.
Native speakers tend to agree.

-Josh