Tense in noun modifying clauses?


When modifying nouns, if the noun you're modifying is a person, can the noun
modifying clause be past tense? So if I wanted to say:

> The person I saw yesterday is here again today.

Which is correct?

>   1. 私が昨日に **見る** 人はまた今日にはここでいる。
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>   2. 私が昨日に **見た** 人はまた今日にはここでいる。
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In this case past tense 見た人 is correct and it's irrelevant if it's a person or
an inanimate object.

But there are more points to be careful about in your sentence:

  * no need to use に after the 昨日
  * いる is a state verb, so it should be ここにいる (instead of ここで)
  * also no need for に after 今日, in fact you would want to stress the fact it happens again, so も fits here

> 私が昨日見た人は、今日もまたここにいる。




In this case past tense 見た人 is correct and it's irrelevant if it's a person or
an inanimate object.

But there are more points to be careful about in your sentence:

  * no need to use に after the 昨日
  * いる is a state verb, so it should be ここにいる (instead of ここで)
  * also no need for に after 今日, in fact you would want to stress the fact it happens again, so も fits here

> 私が昨日見た人は、今日もまたここにいる。

