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Unidentifiable grammar point

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istephenyu8790
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Unidentifiable grammar point

Postby istephenyu8790 » April 27th, 2015 7:24 am

I've seen this in several sentences already...it looks like a lot of grammar points that I know already, but none of them actually match up.

キツネに魚釣りのやり方を教えてくれるようお願いしました。

子供のない二人は毎日子供が授かるよう神様に祈っていました

新ネタ覚えるよう説得してみた

The first two are from the children stories, the third one is a title from a youtube video.

My best guess is that it's the shortened form of ように, for purpose, but I would like some confirmation on that.

Thanks!

istephenyu8790
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Re: Unidentifiable grammar point

Postby istephenyu8790 » April 27th, 2015 4:50 pm

Ok i realized it's actually the indirect quote grammar where one indirectly quotes someone's request.

But it's never mentioned anywhere that it's okay to omit the に particle.

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Re: Unidentifiable grammar point

Postby community.japanese » May 2nd, 2015 12:59 pm

istephenyu8790 san,
konnichiwa.
よう and ように are same here.

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