11 docs tagged with "subordinate-clauses"

The ～よう subordinator in Japanese, unified: ようになる (come to), ようにする (make sure to), manner ように, and adnominal ような, with attachment rules and look-alikes sorted.

～という (to iu) names and defines nouns, while ～ということ means "the fact that." Learn the X という Y pattern, hearsay, and casual ～って, from N5 to N4.

Japanese complement clauses with こと turn a whole sentence into a noun. Learn the form, when to pick こと over の, and where the idioms fit. N4 grammar.

Japanese complement clauses with の package a clause as a perceived, concrete event. Learn the form, the perception verbs that require の, and の vs こと at N4.

Japanese embedded questions explained: use ～か and ～かどうか to say "I don't know whether," embed wh-questions like 誰が来るか, plus tense and politeness rules.

Japanese pseudo-cleft sentences use ～のは...だ to put one element in focus. Learn the form, the なのは/たのは tense shifts, and how they map to "it is X that."

Japanese quotation with と marks direct and indirect quotes. Learn the 「」 + と + 言った frame, the plain-form rule, the だ insertion, and と思った for thoughts.

Japanese relative clauses put a plain-form clause before the noun, no relative pronoun. Learn the gap, the が/の switch, and internal tense at N4.

Japanese subordinate clauses explained: the four types (relative, complement, quotation, embedded question), the plain-form rule inside, and the が/の switch.

Japanese does not backshift tense in reported speech: the quoted clause keeps the tense the original speaker used. See the rule, the English contrast, and why.

The って particle is the casual contraction of と and という. Learn its quoting, defining, sentence-final hearsay, and topic-marker uses with N4 examples.