A dictionary of intermediate japanese grammar - part 6

Các phụ âm thuộc hàng tương ứng với các âm đó vẫn được phát âm bình thường. Phụ âm của Âm mượn 「スィ(si)」 và 「ティ(ti)」 thì dùng âm vòm hóa [sʲ] và [tʲ] | Vmasu Noun illi Bn oỉív He is apt to fall for women and falls in love with practically any woman. Formation lid i NoỉSV o 1ĨV childish ii Adj stem o SV So SV cheapish iii Adj na stem OÍĨV ỔtioíĩV1 pitiful iv Vmasu o SV Ẽtio SV easy to forget forgetful Examples J During the lunch hour this restaurant becomes crowded with men who look like salaried workers. b I like the acttess because she is so womanish. c A o SV g ểbò v o Who can drink such watery sake What are you going to do with tins cheapish sofa that you bought -ppoi 339 e Mo- y uễoT S oliV Wt Zfoirv LTV So Sitting on a bench at the park a foppish man is talking with a coquettish woman. f ì í oS4- iỀềoirv A-e V i t itz - ALT i0U e V AT tJ o Our son gets bored easily and he tries new things one after another but doesn t get anywhere with any of them. g d o ĩv Ao T BT-tfao l don t like a person who is distrustful. h L ỹtAìiMtioíĩv W-ffioTV i-thAo Carpet gets dirty easily so I m not using it. Notes 1. The Adj suffix -ppoi is usually used in highly informal speech and writing meaning something like English -ish. 2. The suffix -ppoi is an Adj so it conjugates exactly like other Adj s. 1 ã oíĩ V ỉ-tìrA . isn t blackish Sso 5V Ti . is blackish s o ĩlý ii IỈ if . is blackish SoiSA o A TT . was blackish 3. The nouns adjectives and verbs that can take the suffix -ppoi are not unlimited but quite productive especially when it is connected with a noun. The following is a list of nouns adjectives and verbs most commonly used with the suffix. 2 Noun ppoi ệẳ o ĨV student-like lễẵ o ĨV teacher-like HAAotf V Japanese-like 7 ii Aoỉĩv American-like ỂAoíĩ 340 rppol _ . . . ạ t V merchant-like delinquent-like adult-like ẵ oìĩV geisha-like dusty V fcT òo ív mischievous f i o SV Don Juan-like 3 oi v argumentative feoiSV sexy jAfeo Ỉ3V grayish o SV brownish ÌỈỊoOV feverish enthusiastic J V peevish 3 Adj stem ppoi restricted to adjectives of color and shape except So ISV cheapish ỀíoiSV whitish Fo 3V redish .