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10-05-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury View Post
Ah, that clears it up a bit. It was good getting a name for this kind of thing !
I think i've been on the topic in class, with descriptions of people.

Is "ビールを飲んでいる人" and "女と話している人" relative clauses then ?
Yes, exactly!!

It may take a while for you to get used to this structure with the noun at the very end. It sure took me a while to get used to the relative clause in English, too.


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