Tari
Also read: だり
たり (Tari) is a Japanese particle meaning “-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"), doing such things as ..., expresses a command, to be”.
Meanings
- particle-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")as …たり…たり, after the -masu stem of verbs
- particledoing such things as ...used adverbially
- particleexpresses a commandas …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the -masu stem of a repeated verb
- copula, auxiliary verb, verbto befrom とあり, after a noun
- auxiliary verb, verbindicates completion or continuation of an actionfrom 〜てあり, after the -masu stem of verbs
Examples
何人も空の胃の腑では愛国者たり得ない。
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).