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Hello, friends:
I have three (related) questions about the grammar of a Minna listening comprehension exercise. They are pretty basic/simple.
I will attach the audio clip of the monologue if you'd like to listen to the whole thing, (it's under 3 minutes), but I don't think it's necessary to listen to it in order to answer my questions. I will type out the sentences I have questions about.
The context is a person discussing the results of a survey about children's after-school activities. The monologue sometimes quotes specific wording in an accompanying graphic that depicts the survey results, which is the reason for the 「」marks in my transcription:
水泳が一番多くて51%、二番目はサッカーで19%、三番目体操で13%です。
Question 1: what is the function of で here?
一番多い答えは「体が強くなって、元気になった」で80%でした。
そして、「スポーツが上手になった」が37%、「目標を持つことができる」が30%です。
Question 2: what is the difference between the で。。。でした pattern and the が。。。です pattern?
「コミュニケーションが上手になった」も18%あります。
Question 3: why is あります used here rather than the copula?
Thank you very much in advance for any help you could offer
I have three (related) questions about the grammar of a Minna listening comprehension exercise. They are pretty basic/simple.
I will attach the audio clip of the monologue if you'd like to listen to the whole thing, (it's under 3 minutes), but I don't think it's necessary to listen to it in order to answer my questions. I will type out the sentences I have questions about.
The context is a person discussing the results of a survey about children's after-school activities. The monologue sometimes quotes specific wording in an accompanying graphic that depicts the survey results, which is the reason for the 「」marks in my transcription:
水泳が一番多くて51%、二番目はサッカーで19%、三番目体操で13%です。
Question 1: what is the function of で here?
一番多い答えは「体が強くなって、元気になった」で80%でした。
そして、「スポーツが上手になった」が37%、「目標を持つことができる」が30%です。
Question 2: what is the difference between the で。。。でした pattern and the が。。。です pattern?
「コミュニケーションが上手になった」も18%あります。
Question 3: why is あります used here rather than the copula?
Thank you very much in advance for any help you could offer