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事 and の with verbs

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bryantfstephens2396
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事 and の with verbs

Postby bryantfstephens2396 » February 13th, 2012 1:03 am

Hello all!

So I understand that if you want to say I like, dislike, are good at, or unskilled at you use the short form of the verb ( plus whatever and its particle before it) plus のが好き/嫌い/上手/へた。The end adjectives can be change to any other verb as needed. (Please correct me if I am wrong) What I am wondering is if you can us this verb+の structure with verbs at the end instead of adjectives? When would you use 事?In this situation or no?

So if I said I need to do my homework which is right?
私は宿題をするのがいる。 or
私は宿題をする事がいる。

Also if you could give me more examples of both, thank you!

Bryant

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Postby WalterWills » May 20th, 2012 7:10 pm

Interesting question. It might be grammatically possible, but not natural IMO.

If you want to say "I need to do my homework", in Japanese you'd say "have to" instead.
So:
宿題をしなければならない。
宿題をしなきゃ

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Postby ericf » May 20th, 2012 9:49 pm

Also

宿題をすべき
宿題をしないと(ダメ)

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Postby karmitthefrog6725 » May 21st, 2012 8:22 am

WalterWillsさん、ericfさん コメントありがとうございます。
bryantfstephens2396さん sorry for having kept you waiting for the answer.
As WalterWills-san said, "have to" often covers the meaning of "I need to do ..."
So these are equivalent Japanese:
宿題をしなければならない。 (plain form)
宿題をしなきゃ (casual expression)
Although 宿題をすべき and 宿題をしないと(ダメ) are correct Japanese, they means "should" rather than "have to."
I hope this helps and thank you for helping each other.

Motoko

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