(o)kane

Usages of (o)kane

わたし は おかね が ありません。watashi wa okane ga arimasen.
I don't have money.
らいねん は あたらしい パソコン を う つもり だ。 いま は おかね が ない。rainen wa atarashii pasokon o kau tsumori da. ima wa okane ga nai.
(I) intend to buy a new computer next year. (I) don't have any money right now.
あし は かない。 おかね が ない んだ。ashita wa ikanai. okane ga nai nda.
I'm not going tomorrow. (It's because) I don't have any money.
あし は きません。 おかね が ありません の です。ashita wa ikimasen. okane ga arimasen no desu.
I'm not going tomorrow. (It's because) I don't have any money.
かね が すくない です。okane ga sukunai desu.
I have little money.
かね が なくて こまる。okane ga nakute komaru.
I'm troubled because I have no money.

ない is the negative form of ある, and なくて is the connective form of ない

かれ に おかね を かえして ください。kare ni okane o kaeshite kudasai.
Please return the money to him.
かね が あれば、 あたらしい くるま を いたい です。okane ga areba, atarashii kuruma o kaitai desu.
If I have money, I want to buy a new car.
しあわせ は おかね で は えない。shiawase wa okane de wa kaenai.
Happiness can't be bought with money.

The second here acts as a contrast marker, indicating that even though money can't make you happy, other things might.

しあわせ は おかね で えない。shiawase wa okane de kaenai.
Happiness can't be bought with money.
かれ は おかね が あって も、 しあわせ じゃ ない。kare wa okane ga atte mo, shiawase ja nai.
Even though he has money, he is not happy.
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