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Nice article, but if I were writing it[1] I'd list having subjects, topics, and objects as first class nouns in sentences rather than just subjects and objects
by Symmetry 2y ago
Nice article, but if I were writing it[1] I'd list having subjects, topics, and objects as first class nouns in sentences rather than just subjects and objects of sentences as a big fascinating difference from what I was used to[2]. And also the role of timing[3] in pronunciation with cases like Yuki being a common girl's name meaning "snow" and Yuuki being a less common boy's name meaning "courage" distinguished only by how long you hold the first vowel.
[1] My Japanese is terrible and I couldn't come close to writing it, but lets leave that aside.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_and_comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_and_comment
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)#Japanese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)#Japanese