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"The wind blows strongly."
Translation:風が強く吹きます。
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What about the adjective form then? I mean if the sentence is negative shouldn't it then also be つよくないです。
I don't know how many lingots I've given you, sora_Japan, but you never fail to help! Thanks so much!
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Where did you find this rule on the previous lessons ? How can we be aware of it if we don't know it beforehand ?
Because "吹きます" is a present affirmative tense while "吹いています" is a present continuous tense http://www.linguanaut.com/japanese_grammar_7.htm
isn't "blows strongly" a state or something that continues from the past like sunny?
Duolingo literally matches English and Japanese tenses, though they don't match. In Duolingo English present affirmative corresponds to Japanese imperfective affirmative. This exercise simply follows this rule regardless of the subtleties of meaning.
-te + iru doesn't correspond to English present continuous. For example, "itte imasu" means "I have gone", not that I am on my way at the moment. "kekkon site imasu" means "I'm married". "mite imasu" means "I have seen".
Please explain that again, in more basic english. Why is KU used, there is never any explaination. I just assumed that the KU was part of the negative sentence. This is the first time I have seen it here not being negative.....confused.......jk
強く or any -く form of i-adjectives is a way to connect with other things, in better words, is a connective form.
In order to connect 強い and 吹きます、you need to use the adverbial form of 強い。
強～い →『強』+『く』→『強く』+『吹きます』 = 『強く吹きます』 = blows strongly.
Also, you do realize that using jk ("just kidding") after a comment gives the impression you are joking right?
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How do you make the difference then if the connective form is within a negative form, I mean how do you differentiate ku negative and ku adverbial in a negative form ? Thanks for answer.
No jk is my initials and everyone calls me that.....no joke.......it is me = jk. That is the only place after two years that I have seen ku meaning something else than negative. This is my only source for learning a language
negative forms are a connective form too. For example, 強くない is connecting 強い with ない。
I know they are your initials, I just thought I would let you know about the meaning of jk in English. If you are so inclined to sign messages, you could for example sign your message with a different format like:
-RC.
that way is not as ambiguous lol.
Thank you, I am a bit to old to know that stuff. I just took the japanese because it is different form what everyone else is doing. Really different, so far two years worth. I try for 100 points (or what ever they call them) each day and am usually tired when done.......john
Multiple periods in text implies a pause or hesitation, with the following text being a continuation of the thoughts before the periods. Look into the use of ellipsis for more information, if you'd like.
RC used a typical sign off style that is less ambiguous (hyphen space and your sign off), example:
So, why do we do the negative form of -i adjectives with -ku, but here tsuyoku its "strongly" instead of "not strong"?
No; we do the negative form with -kunai. The -ku form is the adverb form, hence "blows strongly" (strongly, being an adverb, modifies the verb), instead of "the wind is strong" or "the strong wind blows".
Yes but on the other hand, typing using googles Japanese input keyboard on a phone is a pain in the butt compared to the standard keyboard... I feel like thats a point in the pro romanji column... Lol
Try out Swiftkey's Japanese mode. You will have to use their suggestion bar if you want to type katakana or kanji though.
I am not sure why the -te form is not accepted here. I know it is the continuous present form, but it implies that the wind was blowing and still is blowing. Or, am I just misinterpreting the use of the -te form?
If my knowledge in Korean applies here as well, 1. 強い風が吹きます puts emphasis on the subject, which is "strong wind," the existence of strong wind. 2. 風が強く吹きます puts emphasis on the adverb, which is "strongly," the intensity of wind. So I think you would hear sentence 1 more in weather forecasts like "There are strong winds today", and sentence 2 more in colloquial scenario like "The wind is strong out there so watch out." But those two things are basically saying the same thing, so this lesson blows strongly, or this strong lesson blows :)
