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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

かたがた (katagata) - at the same time, incidentally

--- Notes ---
[名]＋かたがた

--- Examples ---
仕事かたがた京都見物にゆく
incidental to business, go sightseeing in Kyoto

無事に卒業できたので、恩師に報告かたがた、手紙を書いた
??

無事に卒業できたので、恩師に報告かたがた、手紙を書いた.
Having safely graduated, in the process of informing his/her former teacher
s/he wrote him/her a letter.

--- Comments ---
Relevant grammar question here. (Fourth post). (contributor: Amatuka)

かたがた is interchangeable to 兼ねて (contributor: bamboo4)

Yeah, but 兼ねて takes a direct object particle - かたがた doesn't.
(contributor: Amatuka)

whats a direct object particle? it doesn't require a は・を after the item
it relates to? (contributor: dc)

Amatuka means, for example, を in 仕事を兼ねて京都見物にゆく (contributor:
bamboo4)

I added 'kanete' (兼ねて) in the grammar section, but I cannot edit it!
(contributor: bamboo4)

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