FinancialWar Sempai Joined 19 May 2006 Messages 1,065 Reaction score 44 28 Feb 2013 #1 煙い ＞ 煙たい is this an actual grammar structure for all i-adjectives or just for 煙い?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 28 Feb 2013 #2 It's not for all i-adjectives, but there are some other pairs. e.g. 重い <--> 重たい, 眠い <--> 眠たい The etymology of this たい is the same as the ones in 冷たい, めでたい, うしろめたい,,,.
It's not for all i-adjectives, but there are some other pairs. e.g. 重い <--> 重たい, 眠い <--> 眠たい The etymology of this たい is the same as the ones in 冷たい, めでたい, うしろめたい,,,.
FinancialWar Sempai Joined 19 May 2006 Messages 1,065 Reaction score 44 28 Feb 2013 Thread starter #3 so basically the meaning remain the same for the pair, just alternative spelling
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 1 Mar 2013 #4 Semantically, yes. 煙たい 重たい and 眠たい sound colloquial than 煙い 重い and 眠い, respectively. Also, 煙たがる 重たがる and 眠たがる tends to be prefered than 煙がる 重がる and 眠がる.
Semantically, yes. 煙たい 重たい and 眠たい sound colloquial than 煙い 重い and 眠い, respectively. Also, 煙たがる 重たがる and 眠たがる tends to be prefered than 煙がる 重がる and 眠がる.