Re: JPN final "ga" (was: Getting started with a newborn lang)

"M.E.S." <suomenkieli@Y...> wrote:
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Ok, it's definitely "ga" but WHERE did you get it
from? I mentioned this to Nobu too, but he did not
understand why you chose "ga" either...
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Titles and slogans ending with elliptic clitics are very common. While typing
I'm thumbing an old chuôkôron from my shelf with this title: "Mogi kanja no
gemba kara." "Ni", "he", etc. are certainly more common this way but I often
read more cryptic "wo", "ga", "koso" an the like too. Next time I read one "ga"
ending a title or a slogan I'll tell you--promised. I was trying to imply a
general idea of "[arts] does [it all]" because that's the usual meaning of an
elliptic "ga". However, since "Nobu" says it's wrong, then I'm wrong of course.
I'm disappointed but such is life--my other slogan is "jinsei wa gakkari."
Out of topic: my corporation is partner with a huge manga&anime festival this
week-end in La Villette Grande Halle in Paris so I've met with some--apparently
famous--Japanese authors today. This line here just to make Christophe and
others dribble :-)
Mathias
www.geocities.com/kalatunu/index.htm

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