notes

  • two ways to consider subjective state
    • world acting on me
      • reaction produced in me by external stimulus
    • me acting on world
      • reaction produced by me to external stimulus
  • the helper adjective 「たい」 can “flip its polarity” to point to the actor experiencing the desire and not the object inducing desire
    • ex: 「０が早く食べたい。」
    • ex: 「０が東京に行きたい。」 means “(I) want to go to Tokyo.”
      • there is no other possible 「０が」 than “I”
  • the potential form can also “flip its polarity”
    • ex: 「本が読める。」 means “The book is readable.”, but 「私が読める。」 means “I am able to read.”
  • 「不思議」 means “mystery”
    • it can be used as an adjectival noun (ex: 「不思議な屋敷」 means “mysterious mansion”)
    • it can be used with 「そう」 (ex: 「不思議そう」 means “seems mysterious” or “mystified”)

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