ABSTRACT
The conjunctive form of V/Adj (-te/-de) and na-Adj/N + copula (de) has several important functions:
To connect or attach various verbs to the main verb, in order to form performative sentences, aspectual sentence endings, and the conjunctive particle -te kara;
To attach the adverbial particles wa and mo to form a variety of combinations with following items;
To form compound sentences;
To act as a NP-equivalent (sometimes called ‘gerund’) that can attach certain case and other particles such as ga, no, demo, bakari.
