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N1 Lesson 6: 4/17

んが為（ため）に
in order to, to, for the purpose of

Exception: する → せん

Structure
Verb［ない］+ ん + が + ため（に）
Verb［ない］+ ん + が + ため + の + Noun

Exceptions:
する ￫ せんがため
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  • [AんがためにB is a formal and old-fashioned literary expression meaning “in order to” or “for the purpose of”]
  • [It expresses the great will of the speaker to achieve a goal]

  • [The ん (shortened form of む) is an old suffix expressing volition, that was attached to what we call negative stem or irrealis [未然形]]
  • [Nowadays, the same idea is expressed by the volitional form. Another example: 言わんとする (nowadays 言おうとする)]
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《記事（きじ）》その会社（かいしゃ）は不（ふ）良品（りょうひん）を売（う）らんがために、高齢者（こうれいしゃ）の弱（よわ）みにつけ込（こ）んだ。
Article: That company took advantage of the elderly in order to sell defective products.
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    • ソクラテス「生（い）きんがために食（く）え、食（く）わんがために生（い）きるな」
    Socrates: “Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.”
    [in order to]
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    • 《小説（しょうせつ）》力（りょく）の指輪（ゆびわ）を得（え）んがための戦争（せんそう）が始（はじ）まった。
    Novel: The war for the purpose of acquiring the ring of power has begun.
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