How to say antecedent in Japanese

先行詞【せんこうしsenkoushi】

noun:

  • antecedent - Linguistics term

Example Sentences

先行詞senkoukotobaがgathis,that,these,thoseのno場合baaiはhawhichをwo用いるmochiiruのnoがga普通futsuuですdesu。
When the antecedent is this, that, these or those it is usual to use 'which'.

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