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08-11-2010, 09:38 AM

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That would be:
「スミスさんはパイロットであり、妻であり、ふたりのこどもの母親でもある。」 or

「スミスさんはパイロット、妻、ふたりのこどもの母親でもある。」
Ok, so I'll use で when connecting nouns that describe someone, but what does であり mean? Is it で + the stem of あります? What is the difference? Is there a formal difference?

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Ok, so I'll use で when connecting nouns that describe someone, but what does であり mean? Is it で + the stem of あります? What is the difference? Is there a formal difference?
あり is the continuative form of ある, which is why it isn't used the third (the last) time.

(And don't forget to use the も at the end.)

The difference between the two sentences is the degree of formality. The first sentence sounds more formal but not by all that much to the native ear.
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Ok, so I should say 学生で、先生もです? Got it.

So ありis kind of like when you use the stem form of verbs (instead of the te-form) to link sentences, but you use ありbecause だ is already in the te-form?

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Ok, so I should say 学生で、先生もです? Got it.
Nope. You cannot say もです.  Please read each letter in my sentences carefully.

You can choose between でもある and でもあります.

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So ありis kind of like when you use the stem form of verbs (instead of the te-form) to link sentences, but you use ありbecause だ is already in the te-form?
You seem a bit confused here.

I stated last time that あり was the continuative form of ある. The term "continuative form" is the official name for the "te-form". (Believe it or not, the term "te-form" is NEVER used in Japan, which is why I don't like using it in my explanations.) So, あり is already in the "te-form" even though you see no て in it, and so is で.

This is the reason that you should construct these sentences as:
(Again, read each and every letter carefully or you will learn nothing in this post. If I were you, I would read these aloud.)
であり + であり + でもある or
で + で + でもある

でもある can be replaced by でもあります.
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