In this section, we will learn various ways to combine multiple simple sentences into one complex sentence. For example, we will learn how to chain separate sentences together to express multiple actions or states. In other words, if we have two simple sentences with the same subject, “I ran” and “I ate”, we will learn how to group them together to mean, “I ran and ate.” We will also learn how to do this with adjectives and nouns. (Ex: He is rich, handsome, and charming.)<\/p>\n
It is very easy to combine a chain of nouns and adjectives to describe a person or object. For example, in English if we wanted to say, “He is X. He is Y. He is Z.” since all three sentences have the same noun, we would usually say, “He is X, Y, and Z.” In Japanese, we can do the same thing by conjugating the noun or adjective. The last noun or adjective remains the same as before.<\/p>\n
As you can see, the \u300c\u3067\u300d attached to \u300c\u304a\u91d1\u6301\u3061\u300d obviously cannot be the context particle \u300c\u3067\u300d here because there is no verb. It might be helpful to think of \u300c\u3067\u300d as merely a substitution for \u300c\u3060\u300d that can be chained together.<\/p>\n
In a similar fashion, you can express multiple actions. It is usually interpreted as a sequence of event. (I did [X], then I did [Y], then I finally did [Z].) There are two forms: positive and negative. The tense of all the actions is determined by the tense of the last verb.<\/p>\n
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