--- In [email protected], "RICHARD W WILCOX"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There is no equivalent to wo in English, so above and beyond what
you've mentioned - it indicates direct objects. I think that "ni",
however, is most often translated as preposition "to" (but there are
a lot of cases where it is not - "ni moraimashita" should be
translated "received from").>
"Ni" sometimes serves asa directional. More on this at a later time.
Now, could you expound on the use of "ni" serving the same purpose as
the prep. "From" in English? I know that one would say "Inu wa kimi
ni kawareta no?" (Wasn't the dog kept by you?"), but would it be good
to say "Inu wa kimi ni tabemono wo kuwaseta no?" (Wasn't it forced by
you to eat its food?) ?
I would like to know more about the usage of "ni" in the context of
verbs. This particle has lots of uses in Japanese.
> I can't think of a simple explanation to cover all of the uses of
ni and wo. You really need to just hear/see them in specific phrases
case by case to get a feel for how they are used.>
I see. Now, for example, "tobu" (to fly) would be intransitive, since
the subject flies, but no one is receiving the action. (ex. "Hato ga
tobu" = The pigeon is [still] flying.) However, supposing that the
subject is flying through something, would we say something
like "Hato ga sora wo tobu", or "Hato ga sora de tobu"?
For one, I know that "mamoru" (to defend) and "fusegu" (to fend off)
are transitive verbs; both verbs need an object for a complete phrase.
> Btw, did you know that "case by case" is one of those English
phrases that the Japanese have adopted as part of the Japanese
language?
>
> Richard>
No, I did not. I wonder, just how popular are English expressions in
Japan these days?
- Arian I.
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