Elle's Lessons - 1.2 Negative Statements

[Ellembri]

Now that we know how to say what things are, let's try to define what things are NOT. Just like before we start with X　は　Y but instead of using the positive です (it is/am/are), we will use じゃありません (it is not).

So before we said:
すし　は　さかな　です。 --->As for sushi, it is fish.
sushi [wa] sakana desu.

And now we can say:
すし　は　にく　じゃ ありません。 --->As for sushi, it is not meat.
sushi [wa] niku ja arimasen.

As you can see, X and Y are still nouns and the only thing that has changed is the positive です to the negative じゃありません. Let's make a negative statement of our other example.

たけしさん　は　がくせい　です。 --->As for Takeshi, he is a student.
Takeshi-san [wa] gakusei desu.

たけしさん　は　いしゃ　じゃ　ありません。 --->As for Takeshi, he is not a doctor.
Takeshi-san [wa] isha ja arimasen.

What other negative statements can we make? If you already made positive statements from before, try making those negative too!
がんばります！(ganbarimasu!) Do your best!  

[i EaT SPo0nS]

WOW THAT WAS COOL AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I WILL TURN SOME OF MY FRIENDS ON TO THIS. THAK U  

[Nana Shinu Ai]

as for Matthew as he is not a cat
Matthew-san wa ish ja neko  

[Kai Shi]

Phoniex of Darkness

as for Matthew as he is not a cat
Matthew-san wa ish ja neko

Matthew-san wa neko ja arimasen  

[Nana Shinu Ai]

ariagato for fix my mistake. Matthew-san wa neko ja arimasen. thanks i will remember that.  

[LadyAnisina]

tiny-san wa neko ja arimasen. kare wa inu desu.

is that right senseis?  

[lennersmii]

LadyAnisina

tiny-san wa neko ja arimasen. kare wa inu desu.

is that right senseis?

Looks great!  

[LadyAnisina]

lennersmii

LadyAnisina

tiny-san wa neko ja arimasen. kare wa inu desu.

is that right senseis?

Looks great!

haha! arigatou gozaimasu! 4laugh  

[Nana Shinu Ai]

Kuma-san wa neko ja arimasen.  

[Ellembri]

Wow alot of things are not cats! XD Great job with the negative and positive sentences! Yoku dekita! (good job!)  

[AhrimanHJ]

Gomenasai.


Kore wa watashi no hon kara chigau desu.
Watashi wa, X wa(ha) Y dewa arimasen wo tsukate.


Which is to say, this is different from the way I learned it.
I learned it with dewa alimasen.  

[Ellembri]

AhrimanHJ

Gomenasai.


Kore wa watashi no hon kara chigau desu.
Watashi wa, X wa(ha) Y dewa arimasen wo tsukate.


Which is to say, this is different from the way I learned it.
I learned it with dewa alimasen.

You bring up a good point! because they are both the same! *^_^*

"dewa" is the more formal version of the colloquial "ja"! *^_^*

P.S - tsukau in te-form = tsukatte *^_^* ganbarimasu!  

[AhrimanHJ]

good call. I was gonna guess that but whatever.

Okane ga bakari ja nai is all I can come up with for now. If it's casual friday, it's casual friday.
(trying to say, they don't pay me enough )  

[xXKhazthiel]

Hajimemashite
Watashi wa appuru pai ja arimasen.
Lol... is that correct sensei?  

[Azwego61]

don't know if I'm gonna do this right but here it goes...

Diesuki-san wa niji isha ja arimasen

Ona-san wa,ringo isha ja arimasen,

please, correct me if I'm wrong biggrin