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Grammar detail: のに
のに - despite
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means despite, in spite of, even though, albeit
のに is also often used at the end of casual speech to mean something like 'I wish ...' or 'it would have been good if ...'. For example:
When the のに is used in a negative sentence, the English 'although' or 'despite' may not fit, and a more natural translation may be 'because'. For example, in the following sentence, the っこない construction negates the clause containing the のに. So the sentence does not mean 'although there isn't a boat, he can't swim to the island' - it means the opposite, 'because there isn't a boat':
Note: sometimes the particles の (as a nominalizer) and に (indicating the location something takes place at) can appear together! In other words, のに appears, but does not carry the meaning 'despite'. So when you see のに, it's important to review the context. In the following sentences, the nominalizer の happens to be followed by に:
In the following example, you see a combination of three particles, each bringing its own meaning: の (to turn the verb that precedes it, 'look', into a noun phrase, 'the act of looking'), に (to indicate that the noun phrase 'the act of looking' is the target of the verb 飽きる), and finally も (meaning 'also', which implies that this sentence is part of a broader context).
More information / references
- https://jref.com/threads/のに.120819/ ⇗
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