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Could this situation be described by nesting sentences? "Taro saw (Noriko wears a dress)." To extend your example: formal(past(miru))(topic="Taro", objec
by stephengillie 10y ago
Could this situation be described by nesting sentences?
"Taro saw (Noriko wears a dress)."
To extend your example:
formal(past(miru))(topic="Taro", object="Noriko")
"Taro saw Noriko."
formal(present(kiru))(topic="Noriko", object="doresu")
"Noriko wears a dress."
Nested:
formal(past(miru))(topic="Taro", object=(formal(present(kiru))(topic="Noriko", object="doresu")) )
"Taro saw (Noriko wears a dress)."
"Taro saw Noriko wear a dress."
"Taro wa (doresu wo kiru Noriko wa(?)) wo mimashita"
"Taro wa doresu wo kiru Noriko wo mimashita"
Does that make sense?
*Please help correct any errors, as I have never formally studied the Japanese language.
- mcaruso 10y agoIt wouldn't type-check, since `object` is expected to be a noun and not a verb. :)
- stephengillie 10y agoIt's a difficulty inherent in describing one unfamiliar language with another unfamiliar language. :) This could work in Powershell. The function would have to be written to expect nested recursive calls, to remove the omitted particle. Construct-Sentence -verb miru -Formal -Past -Topic Taro -Object ( Construct-Sentence -verb kiru -Formal -Present -Topic Noriko -Object doresu ) "Taro saw (Noriko wears a dress)." "Taro saw Noriko wear a dress." "Taro wa (doresu wo kiru Noriko wa(?)) wo mimashita" "Taro wa doresu wo kiru Noriko wo mimashita"