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Grammar detail: archaic / classical / historical forms

archaic / classical / historical forms
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Japanese is an evolving language, and you will regularly encounter many forms that are no longer in common use. Sometimes they are used in a modern context to evoke a sense of history (as Latin might be quoted in modern English), and sometimes they are used for period authenticity (as in modern samurai dramas or
じだいしょうせつ
時代小説
 (period novels).
〜まする
The modern ます form actually descended from a slightly longer form, まする, which fell out of use about 100 years ago.
negative forms
Several negative forms have fallen out of use entirely or evolved.
ざる negative
 
archaic negative
せよ
せよ
 
archaic volitional
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More information / references:
  • https://kotobank.jp/word/まする-634367 ⇗

Kanji used in this grammar

時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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代
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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