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06-01-2019, 03:07 PM

"ない:NAI; Not exist"

When used alone, "NAI" means "not exist" or "I have not it" in casual form.

And "NAI" is very often used with other verbs and adjectives to make negative form.

I would like to write about the confusing of "NAI".

I mean

1) "NAI" as Inducement
2) "NAI" as negative question (asking for agreement).

However (by the way), foreigners would have few chances to come across these kind of "NAI" because Japanese people will use "ARIMASEN" in polite form instead of "NAI".


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Last edited by RadioKid : 06-01-2019 at 03:09 PM. Reason: add "by the way"
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