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1. You can't topicalise the subject of a subordinate clause. 2. Only plain form is valid for verbs in a subordinate clause. (maybe the particle "kara" could be
by blipmusic 10y ago
1. You can't topicalise the subject of a subordinate clause. 2. Only plain form is valid for verbs in a subordinate clause. (maybe the particle "kara" could be seen as an exception here)
- kazinator 10y ago"anata ga kukkii wo taberu" (you eat the cookie) "anata ga kukkii wo taberu no wo mita yo" (I saw you eat the cookie) "Anata" is now the subject of a subordinate clause. I think it can be topicalized (in the sense of becoming the grammatical topic, marked by ha) like this: "Anata ha, kukkii wo taberu no wo mita yo". (As for you, I saw (you) eat the cookie.) The subordinate clause now has an unspecified/implicit subject, and that identifies with the topic that was introduced. I think an extraposition of "anata" (into a non-topical position) is possible like this, where subordinate clause minus its subject is now the topic: "kukkii wo taberu no wo mita ha, anata da yo". (the one I saw eating the cookie is you)