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saw; that time when we were in Osaka.’ Notice that
sometimes the introductory word may be omitted in English:
‘the movie I saw, that time we went to Osaka.’ Japanese
verbs and verb phrases “precede” the noun they modify and
have no introductory word or linking particle:
昨日ここへ来た人
kinō koko e kita hito
the person who came here yesterday
机の上にある書類
tsukue no ue ni aru shorui
the documents that are on the desk
去年行ったところ
kyonen itta tokoro
the place I went last year
大阪にいた時
Ōsaka ni ita toki
the time we were in Osaka
You have already had expressions like:
行くつもり iku tsumori intention of going
すること suru koto the fact of doing
(something) (the act of

