Arron 後輩 31 Dec 2010 7 1 13 6 Jan 2011 #1 To nominalize a verb, do you take dictionary form and add 事? Eating noodles with chopsticks is difficult. It's easier with a fork. 箸で、らめんを食べる事が難しいです。フォークでもっと簡単です。 Is this correct? Or is there another "nominalizer" I should use?
To nominalize a verb, do you take dictionary form and add 事? Eating noodles with chopsticks is difficult. It's easier with a fork. 箸で、らめんを食べる事が難しいです。フォークでもっと簡単です。 Is this correct? Or is there another "nominalizer" I should use?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator 22 Feb 2008 18,145 4,613 328 6 Jan 2011 #3 It completely depends on the main verb/adjective. koto 箸で麺[めん]を食べること/のは難しいです。フォークは/ならもっと簡単です。 難しい can take both こと and の. In these cases, の sounds more colloquial. ラーメン only refers to a type of noodles, just like うどん, そば, きしめん... 食べるに or "the dictionary form without any nominalizer + particle" is basically used in classical Japanese. (e.g. 食べるに難[かた]し)
It completely depends on the main verb/adjective. koto 箸で麺[めん]を食べること/のは難しいです。フォークは/ならもっと簡単です。 難しい can take both こと and の. In these cases, の sounds more colloquial. ラーメン only refers to a type of noodles, just like うどん, そば, きしめん... 食べるに or "the dictionary form without any nominalizer + particle" is basically used in classical Japanese. (e.g. 食べるに難[かた]し)