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Originally Posted by masaegu
It is the continuative form. Think of it as the more formal version of the te-form. The te-form sounds quite conversational (and Japanese-learners use it way too often.  ). |
That's because they teach us て form in the second semester and in the first two semesters they never talk about the continuative outside attaching ます.
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Originally Posted by masaegu
「ぼくの趣味は（ ）です。」
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That one I understood right away. It actually made me laugh pretty hard since, minus what's being collected, it's word for word the first line in a song I'm fond of.
It was the second one that threw me. I re-read it and I'm fine now, turns out the sentence got too long for me and I more or less forgot the topic. I'm always so embarrassed at these points.
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Originally Posted by masaegu
～～ことがあります is very different from ことです. It means "There are times when ~~."
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For the two sentences you use it in, could you have used ときがあります? If so, how do you choose between ときが and ことが? If not, for what kind of sentences do you use ときが?