Japanese

<p>
	There are multiple ways to make a sentence negative in Japanese, depending on the politeness of your speech.
	In the beginning of this course we will only focus on <strong>neutral</strong> speech, which is polite enough for most situations.
	This is more polite than <strong>casual</strong> speech, and less polite than <strong>formal</strong> speech.
	You will learn the other forms in later lessons.
</p>

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<p>
	Study the table below.
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<p>
	In the question and the responses in the table, note that in the case of a negative question, Japanese speakers say <strong>yes</strong> to affirm that the situation in the question is the case, that it is indeed not a dog.
	By responding with <strong>no</strong>, you deny that the situation the question describes is the case.
</p>

<p>
	This is the opposite of how English speakers use <strong>yes</strong> and <strong>no</strong>, so it can be quite confusing.
	However, when you think about it, the Japanese way is actually more logical.
</p>

Negating nouns

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	いいえiie
Meaning	no
Part of speech	interjection
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	Negating nouns

No, it is a dog.	いいえ、　犬いぬ　です。iie, inu desu.
No, that (over there) is not the moon.	いいえ、　あれ　は　月つき　じゃ　ない　です。iie, are ha tuki zya nai desu.
No, (I) am not alone.	いいえ、　一ひと人り　じゃ　ない　です。iie, hitori zya nai desu.
A: I'm sorry. B: No problem.	A：すみません。　B：いいえ。A:sumimasen. B:iie.
No. That isn't so.	いいえ。　そう　じゃ　ない　です。iie. sou zya nai desu.
No, I'm just looking.	いいえ、　見みて　いる　だけ　です。iie, mite iru dake desu.

Japanese - iie

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Usages of iie