Need some understanding with these tenses

Taiga_Shinjiro · 16 Aug 2005

彼はそれを見せ物にして、これまで旅を続けてきた。

Could I get some help on this line? I believe it says something like he showed that on past journeys.

Feedback?

Taiga_Shinjiro · 18 Aug 2005

Could someone shed some light on this sentence for me? It says something about Misuzu's mom and something or the way she acts being normal, I believe.

自堕落な失活を常とする、みすずの母親。

Elizabeth · 18 Aug 2005

Taiga_Shinjiro said:
彼はそれを見せ物にして、これまで旅を続けてきた。

Could I get some help on this line? I believe it says something like he showed that on past journeys.

Feedback?

I haven't been keeping up with the thread, but anyway this line in particular says "He made it a show and until now, has continued travelling."

Elizabeth · 18 Aug 2005

Taiga_Shinjiro said:
Sorry to keep asking so many questions, but I guess this is what this board is for.

この暑いのによくまあ。少しくらい遅れたって文句言わない
んだから歩いてきなよ。

In this phrase here what does the following in bold mean? What tenses are these that are underlined?

I can't explain the grammar very satisfactorily, but if you want a simple translation I think that would be "Although it's often hot, since
(someone) doesn't complain about my being a little late, I walk."

sasame · 18 Aug 2005

Taiga_Shinjiro said:
この暑いのによくまあ。少しくらい遅れたって文句言わない
んだから歩いてきなよ。

Perhaps, "you" were running.
おそらく「あなた」は走っていました。

この暑いのによくまあ。
＝I not think that usually everyone runs because it is a hot day(, but you are running).
＝こんな暑い日に、普通は誰も走ったりしないと思うのです（が、あなたは走っていますね）。

少しくらい遅れたって文句言わないんだから歩いてきなよ。
＝Waiting person doesn't complain to you if you were only a little late. So how about you walk to the destination?
＝あなたが少し遅かっただけなら、待ち人はあなたに文句を言いません。だからあなたは目的地まで歩いてはどうですか？

Taiga_Shinjiro · 19 Aug 2005

…幾層もの雲を抜けてゆく。

What tense is this in bold and how do you form it?

Ok, I found out its the -te form. What function does the -te for have, and also what does the yuku after it mean as well? What tense is it? (Past, Present? etc...)

Zhivago · 20 Aug 2005

抜けて comes most likely from verb 抜ける (to escape,to come out), which is a verb from class that includes only -る ending verbs. (though not all -る ending verbs belong to this group). I'm not really sure what this group is called in japanese.

In this case it is as simple as dropping る and inserting て.

For the rest of the questions, while I have some idea I'm not sure enough.

ゆく could be alternative way to write いく as in 行く.

Note, it could be.

Need some understanding with these tenses

Taiga_Shinjiro

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Taiga_Shinjiro

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Elizabeth

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Elizabeth

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sasame

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Taiga_Shinjiro

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Zhivago

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