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I'm sure there are plenty of resources on this topic, but I don't know what keywords to use to find them.

I want to know how you might create a noun by saying that the noun does something.

For example,

I saw the cow that ate vegetables at the shop

Would be something like

店で[牛は野菜を食べた]を見た。

The bracketed part of the above sentence is the clause that I don't know how to turn into a noun.

Note that I'm not looking for a sentence like

店で牛は野菜を食べていることを見た。

That would mean

I saw the cow eating vegetables at the shop

Because the cow did not eat the vegetables while I saw it, that's just how I'm identifying the cow.

Hopefully, the question is clear. Thanks in advance.

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Even a name for what this is called so that I can do further reading would be invaluable.

grammar verbs nominalization

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  Perhaps "relative clause" is what you're after.
  
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  @ZLK This is perfect. Just to check 店で野菜を食べた牛を見ました is correct?
  
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I'm sure there are plenty of resources on this topic, but I don't know what keywords to use to find them.

I want to know how you might create a noun by saying that the noun does something.

For example,

I saw the cow that ate vegetables at the shop

Would be something like

店で[牛は野菜を食べた]を見た。

The bracketed part of the above sentence is the clause that I don't know how to turn into a noun.

Note that I'm not looking for a sentence like

店で牛は野菜を食べていることを見た。

That would mean

I saw the cow eating vegetables at the shop

Because the cow did not eat the vegetables while I saw it, that's just how I'm identifying the cow.

Hopefully, the question is clear. Thanks in advance.

Edit
Even a name for what this is called so that I can do further reading would be invaluable.

grammar verbs nominalization

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Perhaps "relative clause" is what you're after.
  
  – ZLK
  34 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @ZLK This is perfect. Just to check 店で野菜を食べた牛を見ました is correct?
  
  – PolymorphismPrince
  21 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I'm sure there are plenty of resources on this topic, but I don't know what keywords to use to find them.

I want to know how you might create a noun by saying that the noun does something.

For example,

I saw the cow that ate vegetables at the shop

Would be something like

店で[牛は野菜を食べた]を見た。

The bracketed part of the above sentence is the clause that I don't know how to turn into a noun.

Note that I'm not looking for a sentence like

店で牛は野菜を食べていることを見た。

That would mean

I saw the cow eating vegetables at the shop

Because the cow did not eat the vegetables while I saw it, that's just how I'm identifying the cow.

Hopefully, the question is clear. Thanks in advance.

Edit
Even a name for what this is called so that I can do further reading would be invaluable.

grammar verbs nominalization

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The grammatical term you're looking for is relative clause (関係代名詞 or 連体修飾節 in Japanese).

With this keyword, you should be able to find enough articles, but this answer is a good starter: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14550/5010

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Thanks to @ZLK 's comment @naruto 's answer:

These are called relative clauses. They're constructed by simply writing the clause without the subject and then placing the subject afterwards.

Thus,

At the shop I saw the cow that ate vegetables

becomes

店で野菜を食べた牛を見ました。

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The grammatical term you're looking for is relative clause (関係代名詞 or 連体修飾節 in Japanese).

With this keyword, you should be able to find enough articles, but this answer is a good starter: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14550/5010

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answered 19 mins ago

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The grammatical term you're looking for is relative clause (関係代名詞 or 連体修飾節 in Japanese).

With this keyword, you should be able to find enough articles, but this answer is a good starter: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14550/5010

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answered 19 mins ago

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The grammatical term you're looking for is relative clause (関係代名詞 or 連体修飾節 in Japanese).

With this keyword, you should be able to find enough articles, but this answer is a good starter: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14550/5010

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answered 19 mins ago

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answered 19 mins ago

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answered 19 mins ago

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Thanks to @ZLK 's comment @naruto 's answer:

These are called relative clauses. They're constructed by simply writing the clause without the subject and then placing the subject afterwards.

Thus,

At the shop I saw the cow that ate vegetables

becomes

店で野菜を食べた牛を見ました。

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Thanks to @ZLK 's comment @naruto 's answer:

These are called relative clauses. They're constructed by simply writing the clause without the subject and then placing the subject afterwards.

Thus,

At the shop I saw the cow that ate vegetables

becomes

店で野菜を食べた牛を見ました。

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Thanks to @ZLK 's comment @naruto 's answer:

These are called relative clauses. They're constructed by simply writing the clause without the subject and then placing the subject afterwards.

Thus,

At the shop I saw the cow that ate vegetables

becomes

店で野菜を食べた牛を見ました。

share|improve this answer

answered 18 mins ago

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