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29 Mar 2014
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Does anyone have a good resource to help me understand the use of the word こと in a Japanese sentence? Or maybe some simple examples?
Does anyone have a good resource to help me understand the use of the word こと in a Japanese sentence? Or maybe some simple examples?
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Obviously wrong
Explanation is not enough
Written in a language I can't understand
Answer is not related to the question
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"こと" has several meanings.
but it usually means a thing.
歌うのは楽しいことだ。
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もの&こと are interesting topic to learn
http://thejapanesepage.com/grammar/chapter_five...
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What I'm having trouble with is sentences like "とても花をみることができます" (this is a corrected version of a sentence I wrote on Lang8. I was trying to say that "You can see a lot of flowers.")
I always forget the こと because I don't understand how it works.
As for 私は食べることができる meaning "I like to eat", that totally confuses me because I thought できる means to be able to do something. Am I just totally misunderstanding?
I always forget the こと because I don't understand how it works.
As for 私は食べることができる meaning "I like to eat", that totally confuses me because I thought できる means to be able to do something. Am I just totally misunderstanding?
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Isn't it とても きれいな or たくさんの 花を見ることができます???
とても is like very, so not really modify flower... very flower?
Vことができます: I am able to V
Vことがすきです: I like to V
(きらいです/dislike)
Vことがあります: I sometimes do V
Vたことがあります: I have done V
こと has many meanings and usages
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*you can see a lot of flowers
(あなたは)たくさんの はなを みることができます
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