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llappleact_503400
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What is this grammar

Postby llappleact_503400 » December 24th, 2014 11:04 pm

日本伝統の湯を沸かし

Can someone explain what kind of grammar is being used here in 沸かし?

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Re: What is this grammar

Postby community.japanese » December 25th, 2014 7:56 am

Llappleact san,
Konnichiwa.
Is that only one clause?
I think the other clause should be put after that…
沸かし is verb stem of 沸かす means “boiling water” and it works like te-form which means ‘and’.

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Re: What is this grammar

Postby llappleact_503400 » December 25th, 2014 3:20 pm

So you just add しto the verbs ending to mean and? I thought we do that by adding て at the end of verbs.

日本伝統の湯を沸かし、茶を点(た)て、茶を振る舞う行為.

Looking at this full sentence, I can make out the meaning of the sentence, but got confused with し て, they both mean "and"?

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Re: What is this grammar

Postby community.japanese » December 26th, 2014 8:12 am

Llappleact san,
Konnichiwa.
Yes, shi and te mean ‘and’so 日本伝統の湯を沸かし、茶を点(た)て、茶を振る舞う行為 and
日本伝統の湯を沸かして、茶を点(た)てて、茶を振る舞う行為 have the same meaning.
When you use verb stems only, it sounds more formal. :D

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