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Introduction.
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hito, (lit., fired the gun man) the man who fired the gun; watakushi no wakaranu koto, (lit., not knowing of me matter) a matter which I don't know; kami ni atawazaru koto nashi, (to God impossible thing is not) there is nothing impossible to God.
The adjectives whose adverbial forms end in ku, by taking the substantive verb aru as a suffix, are conjugated like a verb. Thus yoku, good, and aru, to be, is contracted into yokaru, and assumes the following forms:—
| Indefinite. | Yokari. |
|---|---|
| Attrib. or adjective. | Yokaru, is good. |
| Indicative past. | Yokatta, yokarishi,—ki,—nu, was good. |
| Indic. future. | Yokarō, yokaran, will be good. |
| Pres. pr. or adv. form. | Yokute, being good, by being good. |
| Imperative mood. | Yokare, let it be good. |
| Conditional. | Yokaraba, yoku naraba, if it be good. |
| Conditional„ past. | Yokattaraba, yokattara, yoku attaraba, if, or when it is good. |
| Conjunctive. | Yokereba, as, since, or because it is good. |
| Concessive. | Yokere-do,—domo, yokute mo, though it be good. |
| Concessive„ past. | Yokattaredomo, yokarishi-kadomo, though it was good. |
| Indefinite. | Yokarazu, not good. |
|---|---|
| Attrib. or adjective form. | Yokaranu, yokarazaru, not good. |
| Indicative past. | Yokunakatta, yokarazari-shi,—ki, was not good. |
| Indicative fut. | Yokaraji, yokarumai,—maji, would, or will not be good. |
| Part. or adv. form. | Yokarade, yoku-nakute, by not being good. |
| Conditional. | Yokarazumba, yokunakattara, if, or when it is not good. |
| Conjunctive. | Yokaraneba, as it is not good. |
| Concessive. | Yokaranedo,—domo, yokunai keredomo, though it is not good. |
So also naku, the adverbial form of nai, naki, with aru, to be, is contracted into nakaru, and has the following forms:—
| Indef. | Nakari. |
|---|---|
| Attrib. or adj. | Nakaru, is not, have not. |
| Indic. past. | Nakatta, nakari-shi,—ki,—nu, was not. |
| Indic. future. | Nakarō, nakaran, will not be, or have. |
| Part. or adv. | Nakute or nōte, not being, not having. |
| Imperative. | Nakare, do not. |
| Conditional form. | Nakumba, nakattare, if it is not, if I have not. |
| Conjunctive form. | Nakereba, as, or since it is not, or have not. |
| Concessive form„. | Nakere-do,—domo, though there is not, or have not. |
