Japanese Language 「Sentence Structure」 「10」 The dinner wasn't French cuisine. ディナーはフランス料理ではなかった/ではありません。 Dinā wa Furansu ryōri de wa nakatta/de wa arimasen deshita. When wanting to express negative past tense in Japanese, ("was not..."), datta changes to de wa nakatta, and deshita into de wa arimasen deshita. In colloquial speech, ja can be used in replacement of de wa in either of the negative forms. If mo is used repeatedly in a negative past form sentence it is demo, it would therefore be, demo nakatta in the case of plain style or demo arimasen deshita when polite style is required. Examples: あの車は坂本さんのじゃありませんでした。 Ano kuruma wa Sakamoto-san no ja arimasen deshita. That car wasn't Mr. Sakamoto's. あの男の人はアメリカ大使館のギブソンさんではありませんでした。 Ano otoko no hito wa Amerika taishikan no Gibuson-san de wa arimasen deshita. That man wasn't Mr. Gibson of the American Embassy. 彼女は作家でも詩人でもなかった。 Kanojo wa sakka demo shijin demo nakatta. She was neither a writer nor a poet. Hope that was helpful, and hope to see you again next time! °˖ ✧◝(○ ヮ ○)◜✧˖ ° こゆうきあいはら °˖ ✧◝(○ ヮ ○)◜✧˖ °
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