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Two sentences- same meaning?

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stevesayskanpai
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Two sentences- same meaning?

Postby stevesayskanpai » November 1st, 2008 2:50 pm

Are both of these sentences grammatically correct, and is there a difference in their meaning??

私は彼に耐えられない。
私は彼に我慢できない。


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Postby hatch_jp » November 2nd, 2008 9:51 am

Both are correct and the same meaning.

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Postby Elfunko » November 5th, 2008 7:21 am

I went and asked a friend. Both correct, same meaning, same nuance in this instance (which you'd probably pick up if you looked up taeru in a kokugo dictionary). She sounded like she preferred taeru to gaman though, saying people don't really say gaman, so then I gave her examples of gaman and she took it back. fin

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