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by kazinator
3383 days ago
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"anata ga kukkii wo taberu" (you eat the cookie) "anata ga kukkii wo taberu no wo mita yo" (I saw you eat the cookie) "Anata" is now the subject of a subordinate clause. I think it can be topicalized (in the sense of becoming the grammatical topic, marked by ha) like this: "Anata ha, kukkii wo taberu no wo mita yo". (As for you, I saw (you) eat the cookie.) The subordinate clause now has an unspecified/implicit subject, and that identifies with the topic that was introduced. I think an extraposition of "anata" (into a non-topical position) is possible like this, where subordinate clause minus its subject is now the topic: "kukkii wo taberu no wo mita ha, anata da yo". (the one I saw eating the cookie is you) |
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