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Japanese language: Help with relative clauses

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    Hello everyone out there. We just begun learning about relative clause in class and I wonder if someone have time to drop me a few sentences with relative clause.
    Thanks heaps in advance.
    Cheers // Fred

    • CommentAuthordotanuki
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2008
     # 2

    Two simple examples:

    私が昨日買った本は面白いです。 ("The book I bought yesterday is interesting")
    私が/の勉強する部屋は閑かです。 ("The room where I study is quiet")

    Construction:
    私が昨日買った本は面白いです。
    1. Hon.
    2. Watashi wa kinou (hon o) kaimashita. (verb in formal)
    3. Watashi wa kinou katta. (verb -> informal)
    4. Watashi ga kinou katta. (do not use は, but が, or の if between subject and verb there are no other words)
    5. Watashi ga kinou katta hon.
    6. As subject (marked with wa): 私が昨日買った本は面白いです。(watashi ga kinó katta hon wa omoshiroi desu.)
    As direct complement (marked with o): 田中さん私が昨日買った本を読んでいます。(Tanaka-san wa watashi ga kinó katta hon o yonde imasu.)

    私が/の勉強する部屋は閑かです。
    1. Heya.
    2. Watashi wa (kono heya de) benkyó shimasu.
    3. Watashi wa benkyó suru.
    4. Watashi ga/no benkyó suru.
    5. Watashi ga/no benkyó suru heya.
    6. As subject (marked with wa): 私が/の勉強する部屋は閑かです。(watashi ga/no benkyó suru heya wa shizuka desu.)

    • CommentAuthorTobberoth
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2008 edited
     # 3

    Since I studied japanese in Japan, I'm not sure of the grammatical names for everything, but I'm assuming you mean a clause that describes a noun. In that case, it's really simple in japanese.

    Think of a noun, then think of a describing sentence ending with a verb. Have the verb in either futsuukei (taberu, iku, kau, suru) or kakokei (tabeta, itta, katta, shita) and simply put the clause before the noun. (Of course, the verb can be in tons of other forms as well, but that form should still be in futsuukei or kakokei, you can for example have potential form (taberareru) but it can't be conjugated as taberarete for example).

    Watashi ga tabeta mono (The thing I ate)
    Boku ga mieru kumo (The cloud I can see)
    Anata ga suru koto (A thing you do)
    Rainen ni iku tabi (The travel [ I'm ] going on next year)

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    Thanks guys for your time and effort. These sentences have been really helpful. Cheers

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