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Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
Collado, Diego
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Some disjunctive and emphatic particles are formed from _nanica_ and
_tocacu_ with the addition of other particles; e.g., _nani ia ca ia?_
'which thing?' The same meaning is expressed by _nani iara ca iara?_ and
_nanto iara cato iara?_ _Nanto xite_, _cato xite_ means 'how,' _nanto mo
cato mo_ means 'in no way,' and _nani mo ca mo_ means 'nothing.' _Nanigoto
mo cagoto mo, mina içtuvari naru zo_ [... _itçuvari_ ...] 'when all is said
and done they are all lies.' _Nani no ca no_, and _nanto xite_, _cato xite_
are ways to excuse oneself. _Nani no ca no to iúte_ means 'saying this and
that.' _Domo como_ means 'in whatever way it is,' as does _dǒ xite mo cǒ
xite mo_. _Dǒ xite cǒ xite_ means 'doing this and that differently.' _Dǒ xô
cǒ xô_ means 'I shall do this and that.'
_Tomo cacumo_ means 'all the same,' as do _toni cacuni_, _tonimo cacunimo_,
and _totemo cacutemo_. _Core to ij; care to ij_ means 'saying this and
that, or making excuses.' _Care core_ means 'this and that,' _coco caxico_
means 'here and there (_hic and illic_).' _Vomoxirô, vocaxu_[169]
[_vomoxirovocaxǔ_] is used when accommodating oneself almost to flattery.
If the particle _motte_ is added to the particles _catçute_, _isasaca_,
_tomoni_, _nani_, and _nani nani iori_ [... and _nani iori_] it adds
strength and force; e.g., _catçute motte sǒ aru mai_ 'the situation will
not be this way at all.'
_Interjections_[170]
_Sate_, _sate sate_, [_satemo_,] and _satemo satemo_ are interjections of
admiration; e.g., _satemo Deus no voqinaru vonjifi cana_ 'oh! great mercy
of God!'
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_Avare_ is the interjection for pity; e.g., _avare mutçucaxij io no naca
cana_ 'oh! world replete with misery!'
_Ha!_[171] is the interjection of penetence; e.g., _ha faxi demo_ (61
_vomoxiroi ga; tocoro ni iote qicoie canuru_ [... _ni iotte_ ...] (127v)
'ah, the workmanship of the sound and the harmony of the singing is most
graceful, but it is not able to be heard well.'
_Iara!_ is the interjection for joy and pain; e.g., _iara iara medeta ia_
(128) 'oh! how much I rejoice.' _Ia_ is also used; e.g., _satemo iiaxii
iatçubara ia_ (129)[172] 'oh! how vile and despicable,' _gongo dǒdan
fuxigui na xisai cana_ (128v) 'oh! how rare and ridiculous a reason.' _Iei_
is the interjection of wonder; e.g., _iei Padre sama cochi gozaru io_ 'oh!
here is the Reverend Father.'
_Hat_ is the interjection that indicates that one is repentent; e.g.,
_Benqei core vo mite hat coto naxi to zonjite, sono mama niva ni bǒ vo
voraxi,_ etc. (127v) 'Benkei seeing this,' etc.[173]
_The Syntax and the Cases that are Governed by the Verbs_[174]
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