2 Answered Questions for the topic archaic language
What is the nuance when は directly follows a verb in plain form?
It seems like this is a remnant of (or reference to) older forms of Japanese. Is that all there is to it, or does it have special meaning?
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What form is 恐るる?
In Final Fantasy VIII, Bahamut has a little speech:
> …G.F.とは我らのことか
> 我らを力として使うとは…
> 恐るるべきは人間どもよ
I'd never seen two るs doubled up like that. Which conjugation is this? It seems to have...
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