I see @goldbrick , thank you again for teaching me, I appreciate it! ^^
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Anonymous
4:11 AM
@FelipeOliveira Since it can be either, the best way to do it is the same as with any other case where two words can be written the same way: think about which word makes more sense or is more likely in context.
Anonymous
In addition to what goldbrick said, いい is also the more common of the two.
@snailboat thanks a lot!! I, indeed choose いいなあと思います because I hear it often on interviews, podcasts, etc. But I'll keep it in mind to be consistent with my "levels of politeness" when creating those sentences ^^
I have some more university tests until the end of this month and then I can go back to studying japanese at full speed once again. I feel like my listening skills have improved a lot lately, but i'm still grinding to get more and more vocabulary/kanji which is what I lack the most imo
Anonymous
4:38 PM
@FelipeOliveira It's actually more to do with formality than politeness. You can be polite and informal, or you can be formal without showing respect to your listener.
Anonymous
Ever read a story where they use である all the time? That's formal, but it's not showing respect to the reader or listener ("polite").
Anonymous
In Japanese, the two are distinct grammatical concepts.
Does anyone know how to get the same results as Derek in this answer?
The link there is broken, but this is the relocated site: http://telldev.cla.purdue.edu/chakoshi/public.html
I checked 名大会話コーパス, changed the span to 前1語 後1語, put 名詞 to the 品詞 field for -1 and +1, and put ん to the 語形 field for kw. But I'm getting 18,234 results and it's completely ignoring 品詞.
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