Re: [edict-jmdict] Re: いい/よい POS matters

[Darren Cook <darren@*********>]

>> I thought perhaps です in 暑いです would be an example where one could
>> take it as an independent auxiliary verb.  But then, it doesn't 
>> conjugate at all: (Ｘ)暑いでした.
> 
> What ? of course 暑いでした exists !

I've heard Japanese use adj-ii-deshita, instead of -katta-desu, in the
heat of the moment, but I would say it is even rarer than English native
speakers saying "more better", etc.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_equivalents_of_adjectives#i-adjective)

Darren

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