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04-01-2010, 12:12 PM

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It's an exceptional circumstance when contrasting options, I think. The past form + 方がいい is a set phrase that you do not change.

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Japanese Verbs - Lesson 73
just to check, is it true that when the sentence with "方がいい" comes as a question, we will use the present tense (e.g. 行く方がいいの for "is it better to go?"). And when its not a question, we use the past tense (e.g. 行った方がいい for "its better to go.")?

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The latter is correct. But where did you get the verb "go"?
ops, its a "きっとボブは行くはずです" lol


anyways, when the dictionary does not list nouns like 答え as (~する verb), can we “invent” our own e.g. 答えする, or is it allowed only because its a contracted form of 答えをする?



Regarding the ながら conjugation, is it true that the agent of the [v]ながら and the agent of the action in the main clause must strictly be the same person? e.g. is this incorrect: 山田さんは遊びながら、父は働きます.

Also, can the [v]ながら be negative to mean something like “while I am not [v]ing..”, if so how would the conjugation go? (i was thinking 遊びないながら sounds a bit weird)


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