2 Answered Questions for the topic nominalization

Nominalization Grammar Japanese Word Choice

06/10/19

When choose の/こと or というの/ということ?

I'm studying nominalizers and don't understand when to use の/こと and when to use というの/ということ. For example, in the sentence: > こんなによく[遅刻]{ちこく}をするというのは[問題]{もんだい}ですよ。 Could I say: >... more
Nominalization Grammar Japanese

03/19/19

Does the nominalizer 〜の require the adnominal form before it? If yes, why?

A while back I was trying to break down 〜なの, and this is what I decided on (with the help of some of Bart Mathias's posts on mailing lists). ---------- My hypothesis is that the nominalizer 〜の... more

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