Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Previous senryu
- 痩せていた証拠のスカート捨てられず
やせていた・しょうこのスカート・すてられず
This skirt proves that / I once was skinny! / It won’t be tossed
Notes:
Very interesting grammatical point brought up by @superelf94 and @pm215. Somebody please correct me if I’ve got anything wrong, but the verb 捨てられない can either be passive (“was not thrown away”) or potential (“will not throw away”). Like @pm215 I simply assumed the latter, but @superelf’s translation using both passive and potential form (“won’t be tossed”) seems both accurate and possibly intended.
Current senryu challenge
Volume: Intense
- あの娘には二度も結婚先越され
Hmm. Not 100% sure I understand this one at a glance, but it sounds awfully gossipy.
Unlike yesterday, I believe the 越され is purely passive (“was surpassed”).
What’s it called when the final る is dropped like this (越される→越され)? 動名詩 (a gerund)? Or is it still acting as a verb? (My grammar is terrible in either language.)
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