から and ので formation/conjugation differences Consider the case when `` and `` follows a noun, -adjective, or noun-equivalent: > **** ... "Because it is quiet..." (Subjective causality) > > **** ... "Because it is quiet..." (Objective causality) **(Question)** What causes the difference in the parts in bold above? * * *

`` 'since, because' attaches to a clause, whereas `` 'with (the reason being)' attaches to a noun. `` is an indicative clause (ordinary sentence), so you can simply attach ``, but not ``.

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In order to use ``, you have to have a noun. To do that, you use the formal noun (or nominalizer) `` taking an appositive clause. In appositive clauses and relative clauses, na-adjectives take the adnominal ending ``.

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