Tham khảo tài liệu 'a dictionary of basic japanese grammar_10', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | yõ to omou 571 4 a. Kuruma o kaeyõ to omou. I think I can buy a car. Cp. Kuruma o kaeru to omou. I think I can buy a car. b. t O-kane o morattara yorokobõ to omou. I think I ll be happy if I get money. O-kane o morattara yorokobu darõ to omou. I think I will probably rejoice if I receive money. c. 5 Ame ni furareyo to omou. I think I will be caught in the rain. Cp. Ame ni furareru to omou. I think I will be caught in the rain. A passive verb can be used with yỗ to omou however if the speaker perceives the passive situation as somehow controllable as in 5 . 5 Tama ni wa sensei ni homerareyõ to omou. Lit. I think I will do my best to be praised by my teacher once in a while. 572 zutsu zutsu f o prt. a particle that indicates equal distri-ị bution of quantity by at a time Key Sentence Topic subject Direct Object Quantifier ft Watashi fi wa kanjf o 0 mainichi so itsutsu zutsu oboeru oboemasu. I memorize five kanji every day. a Maitsuki sansatsu zutsu hon o katte imasu. I m buying three books per month. Gorufu ga sukoshi zutsu jozuni natte kita. I have become a better golfer bit by bit. c Watashi wa kodomotachi ni hon o nisatsu zutsu yatta. I gave two books to each of the children. d t 7Xi Dono kurasu ni mo joshigakusei ga rokunin zuisu ita. There were six girl students in each class. Notes 1. The particle zutsu is used only after a quantifier an expression of quantity . 2. A sentence without zutsu can express virtually the same fact. Compare KS and Ex. a with la and lb respectively. 1 a. Watashi wa kanji o mainichi ỉtsutsu oboeru. I memorize five kanji every day. zl zutsu 573 Maitsuki sansđtsu hon o katte imasu. I m buying three books every month. A sentence with zutsu focuses on equal distribution of quantity but a sentence without zutsu doesn t. .