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Very good observation. I didn't pay attention to nesting. It didn't even occur to me that this interpretation of the sentence was also possible. (And as far as
by bsza 7y ago
Very good observation. I didn't pay attention to nesting. It didn't even occur to me that this interpretation of the sentence was also possible. (And as far as I can tell it's is a perfectly valid interpretation too!)
It all comes down to the precedence levels of the LID particles (に, は, で etc.), doesn't it. I'm not sure if those are well-defined, but I think it would feel more natural for a native speaker to evaluate に before は in nearly all cases. The order between で and は seems more elusive. I'll definitely bring this up in our conversation group next time, though I'm sure I'll get some funny looks for it.
- glandium 7y agoI don't see this as a case of precendence.of に vs は but rather as a case of に being associated with いる, and that without it, いる人 is incomplete.
- bsza 7y agoいる人 by itself means "a person who exists". Not something that would come up in everyday speech, but the grammar checks out, I think. Might sound more natural to replace いる人 with 生きてる人 though.