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文1課 時制 教科書 p.120〜123
Tense in text — How to use る/た/ている in a paragraph
文1課

文末の「〜た」と「〜る」の使い分け

教科書 p.120〜123
用法:叙述の時間
In a paragraph, the job is done use 〜た; truth/current state/conclusion uses the form る(〜である).
注意 / Note:The test often asks for a blank box at the end of the paragraph: if it is the writer's opinion → form る(〜のだ・〜である); if something happened → 〜た.
比較 / Compare:The matter is finished → 〜た;truth/status quo/conclusion → form る(〜である・〜のだ).
よく出る形 / Common form:The blank box at the end of the paragraph is usually the statement → 〜である・〜のだ・〜と言える.
原爆が技術を象徴していることを示している。
(current judgment → form る)That shows that the atomic bomb symbolizes technology.
科学者がいなかったなら、あの兵器も生まれなかったにちがいない。
(assumption about the past → 〜た)If there were no scientists, that weapon would not have been born.
この習慣は江戸時代に生まれ、今も続いている。
This custom was born in the Edo period and continues today.

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