NI. 65
Kono hen ni kiji Aren't there any
Vhi neighbourhood in, pheasants j. pheasants in this
wa imasen ka? ) neighbourhood ?
-- -*"-r, are-no t ?
Kono kamo wo ryori-nin ] Please give this
This wild-duck (accus.), cook-person w ild-duck tO the
ni watashlte kudasat. .
to handing condescend. lOk>
/ This is the first Hajimete o me ni time I have had the
Having-begun honourable eye, fJ honour to meet you .
kakarimasnita.
,._ ,.,_ (A phrase which it is con-
Itave-lning. sidered polite to use when
V introduced to some one.)
IT 105. II. Ni has many other idiomatic uses, of which the following are the chief, viz.
With a passive verb, ni corresponds to " by," thus : Osoroshiku domo ka ni Oh ! I have been
Frightfully really mosquitoes by I frightfully Stung by
sasaremashita. | the mosqu i toe s.
have-bee n-stitng.
Ame ni furi-komeraremashita.} We were kept in nain by were-itept-in. j by the rain.
IT 106. III. With a causative verb, ni denotes the person who is caused to perform the action, thus :
, _ (I will make the boy look
Boy m sagasasemasho. j r -.
5; 107. IV. Suffixed to the indefinite form of a verb, ni means " (in order) to:"
Ueno no sakura wo mi ( I want to go and Vh ' rr ** i * Mm ' <MGm ' ) '** see the
to want-to-go.
,80ms at Ueno.
