by Matthew

Particles are a prick. They are a very different way to organise a grammar for an English speaker. The classic is “what is the difference between は and が?”, and to a lesser extent “when should I use に or で?”
As far as は and が go there are various explanations on their differences. The […]

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by Matthew

Keiko’s post included this 案にたがわず which made me think, “w.t.f. is たがわず?”
It is one of those ず　negatives. If you don’t know the grammar, then it is formed the same way as a normal negative, but you swap ～ない for ～ず. As an aside, the same applies for ～ぬ to make a negative.
Group 1 verbs […]

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