๐Ÿ‘ป Week 1 10ๅˆ†ใงใ‚ˆใ‚ใ‚‹ใ“ใ‚ใ„่ฉฑใƒป10 minute Scary Stories (Absolute Beginner Book Club)

In Genki II 3rd edition, it looks like itโ€™s chapter 15, section 4 โ€œUsing Sentences to Qualify Nounsโ€.

In the phase ใŠใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚ใ„ๆœฌ, the ใ„-adjective ใŠใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚ใ„ qualifies the noun ๆœฌ and tells us what kind of book it is. You can also use sentences to qualify nouns. The sentences that are used as qualifiers of nouns are shown in the boxes (in bold) below.

  1. ๆ˜จๆ—ฅ่ฒทใฃใŸ ๆœฌ - the book that I bought yesterday
  2. ๅฝผใŒใใ‚ŒใŸ ๆœฌ - the book my boyfriend gave me
  3. ใคใใˆใฎไธŠใ‚ใ‚‹ ๆœฌ - the book that is on the table
  4. ๆ—ฅๆœฌใง่ฒทใˆใชใ„ ๆœฌ - the book that you canโ€™t buy in Japan

Qualifier sentences in these examples tell us what kind of book we are talking about, just like adjectives. The verbs used in such qualifier sentences are in the short forms, either in the present (as in examples 3 and 4) or the past tense (1 and 2), and either in the affirmative (1-3) or the negative (4). When the subject of the verbโ€” that is to say, the person performing the activityโ€” appears inside a qualifier sentence, as in example 2 above, it is accompanied by the particle ใŒ and not ใฏ.

A โ€œqualifier sentence + nounโ€ combination is just one big noun phrase. You can put it anywhere in a sentence that has a noun.