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> Particles are a particular and specific concept in Japanese language, and do not exist in many other languages, in particular Western languages English's par
by musicale 4y ago
> Particles are a particular and specific concept in Japanese language, and do not exist in many other languages, in particular Western languages
English's particles are few.
- naniwaduni 4y ago"Particle" and "copula" are two words that might as well be Japanese-learning-specific jargon, for how disproportionately common they appear in that context, and their meanings in that context subtly differs from their meanings in general linguistics.