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Re: [tlug] tokyo linux developers?



On 04/06/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

Is åãã in potential form, though?  My understanding was that åãã
is simply an intransitive verb that takes the matter being understood
as its grammatical subject.

No, åãã is not a potential form, though it is virtually unique in Japanese that it has no potential form (e.g. is is not possible to say "ãããã"--unless you mean "[ååè]ãã", but that is a different can of worms).

çãããåããããåããããããâ

çããåãããåãããããããããããããããã

-Josh
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