Friday 23 December 2016

How do adverbs work with multiple clauses in a sentence?


Using two somewhat different uses of the te form as examples.



彼女はいつになくはしゃいでよくしゃべった



Does the adverb "unusually" describe both "being in high spirits" and "being talkative"?




船はすこしの絶間{たえま}なく黒い煙{けぶり}を吐いて浪{なみ}を切って進んで行く。



Does the "without pause" adverb describe the way the ship belched black smoke, its movement, the whole "movement while splitting waves and belching black smoke"?




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