Re: Person marking on nouns?

Christophe kaita:

>>koko ni empitsu ga ari, asoko ni hon ga arimasu.
>>
>Note that this form stinks of literary form and would be used only
>in writing. In speech, you use the -te form:
>koko ni empitsu ga atte, asoko ni hon ga arimasu.
"Stinks" sounds a little harsh. It's a written form. I wouldn't say a
written article "stinks" of the passé simple. Frankly, I like the
above sentence. Conversational, no, but I like the way it sounds to
my ears. Call it stylistic flourish.

Biiru o nomi, karokebokksu ni ikimashita. Having beered up, we went
to a karyoky (shudder) establishment (where we spent untold amounts
of money on a bag of wasabi peas and off-key singing).

Kou