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Subject: adjectives
From: TAKASUGI Shinji (tssf.airnet.ne.jp)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:40:17 GMT
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> Descriptive verbs like 新 (あたら) しい, 高 (たか) い, 安 (やす) い, etc. all end in い.

They are called adjectives. I'm not sure what you mean by descriptive verbs. Do you mean verbs like 優 (すぐ) れる and 秀 (ひい) でる?

Adjectives and adjectival nouns have a similar function but they inflect differently.


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