Grammar detail: からで〜

からで〜

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My current mastery of this grammar point:

からで occurs as a combination in several contexts. Generally, the で is the beginning of a longer word, such as a form of です or である (one of the plain forms of です) or ではない, or a form of another word beginning with で written in hiragana (such as でる, できる etc).

そこには、

が

かったからである。
Because there was plenty of water...

は

からできている。
Paper is made from wood.

Sometimes, however, the で functions independently. For example, it may be the て form of である, used to join two sentences together:

にそんな

をしたことがあったからで、やさしいとわかった。
I'd done that kind of work previously, so I found it easy.

Or it may be the use of で in conjunction with は for emphasis:

それはここからでは

く

える。
It shows white from here.

In this sentence, ここから

しろ

白

く

み

見

える would also mean 'it looks white from here', but the addition of 'では' emphasizes the here - from here it looks white. The から is needed to convey the meaning 'from' here.

Or it may be the use of で in a form such as 〜でいい, meaning 'is ~ OK':

は

からでいいんで

ってください。
I would be fine starting as friends, so would you go out with me?

In this sentence, から has the usual 'from' meaning - starting from (as) friends. The first で is then part of the でいい construction meaning '~ is OK, ~ is fine' etc.

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http://selftaughtjapanese.com/2016/04/26/japanese-phrase-kara-de-〜からで） ⇗