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目的格

Reading

Kana: もくてきかく
Romaji: mokutekikaku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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objective case

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-
Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: カク、 コウ、 キャク、 ゴウ
Meanings: status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)

Example Sentences

thatには、主格(しゅかく)目的格(もくてきかく)の2つしかなく、(かく)による(かたち)変化(へんか)はない。
➥'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.
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関係(かんけい)代名詞(だいめいし)のthatは、主格(しゅかく)目的格(もくてきかく)の2つであり、所有格(しょゆうかく)はありません。
➥The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case.
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