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What does いなくて mean in this sentence? is it just いる but negative and in the te-form?
Hello.
Me again. 😀 And I’m still on Genki Chapter 15 and I have some quick short grammar questions about particles.
1) 幸せなら態度で示そうよ. I was wondering why is the で being used here instead of を? Would I be correct to assume で is suggesting “what method” is used to show happiness? And the method is 態度?
2) みんな and みんなで. This has been in the book for awhile and I never asked this. What is the で doing in みんな? Like, what is the function and what does it do to the word みんな?
3) For the word, 参加する, why do we use に for 参加する? Is it similar logic to に being used for 入る? Where you are “entering” into a club (サークルに入る), which translate into English as “joining club”?.
Thank you so much in advance. I appreciate it. 😀
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In 恭介なりに悩んだ結果出した答えでしょ, whose 答え is she referring to? His or her?
How do I get myself to stop thinking of romaji? Like subconsciously when I’m reading or listening to Japanese I see the romaji in my head instead of the actual words. I feel like it’s negatively impacting my retention of word readings. I don’t use romaji at all in my learning; I’m not sure why it hasn’t gotten out of my head after ~11 months without romaji