Japanese

<p>
	We've already learned how to modify nouns using adjectives.
	In this lesson we'll learn how to use entire phrases called <strong>subordinate clauses</strong> to modify nouns.
	<strong>Clauses</strong> are the smallest grammatical units that can represent a <strong>proposition</strong>,
	which are phrases that can be either true or false.
</p>

<p>
	Disregarding the technical definition, clauses are phrases that look like sentences,
	and <strong>subordinate</strong> clauses are clauses that cannot stand alone as a sentence,
	but are part of another sentence.
</p>

<p>
	A noun can be modified by placing a subordinate clause ending with a verb in <strong>the plain</strong> form in front of it.
</p>

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<p>
	Note that it's possible for the noun that is modified to be the object instead of the subject in the <strong>subordinate clause</strong>.
	In the third sentence above, the car is not the subject that is selling, but the object being sold.
	Syntactically this sentence could also mean <strong>The car that didn't sell was expensive</strong>,
	but we know from the context that this is not what is meant.
</p>

<p>
	As you can see in the table below, nouns can also be modified by subordinate clauses that end in adjectives.
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<p>
	Note in the last sentence, that when we want to use an adjective together with the verb <strong>なる</strong>,
	we must turn the adjective into an adverb.
</p>

Qualifying nouns with subordinate clauses

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	ワニ　が　好すきな　女じょ子し　は　面おも白しろい　です。wani ga sukina zyosi ha omosiroi desu.
Meaning	The girl who likes crocodiles is interesting.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	Qualifying nouns with subordinate clauses

to be	ですdesu
topic particle	はha
subject particle	がga
liked; likeable; loved; lovable	好すきsuki
crocodile	ワニwani
interesting	面おも白しろいomosiroi
woman, girl	女じょ子しzyosi

Japanese - wani ga sukina zyosi ha omosiroi desu.

Breakdown of wani ga sukina zyosi ha omosiroi desu.

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