Thursday, August 10, 2006
JLPT3: なくてもいい
| 日本語： | [verb (base 1)] なくてもいい。 |
| English: | Do not need to... |
This is a very simple conjugation: simply convert the verb to base 1 (plain negative) and add なくてもいい. To make it more polite add です。Yeah, it's that easy!
例文：
| English: | John does not have to study Japanese on Saturday. |
| Jenglish: | [On Saturday][John][Japanese][study + don't have to] |
| 日本語： | 土曜日にジョンさんは日本語を勉強しなくてもいいです。 |
| English: | Akiko does not have to go to work tomorrow. |
| Jenglish: | [Tomorrow][Akiko][work][go + don't have to] |
| 日本語: | 明日あきこさんは会社に行かなくてもいいです。 |
| English: | I don't have to write the report this weekend. |
| Jenglish: | [This weekend][report][write + don't have to] |
| 日本語： | 今週末にはレポートを書かなくてもいいです。 |
It's also worth mentioning how to ask someone if they have to do something, although we have already covered this a while back. Usually with the question form you simply slap か on the end, but not here. If you did you would end up saying "Do you not have to..." which sounds odd. Instead you would say "Do you have to..." which uses the なければなりません and なければいけません conjugations. If you want to be a bit more casual, you can use なくちゃいけません. All three of these follow the verb conjugated to base 1.
例文：
| English: | Peter, do you have to be so positve about everything? |
| Jenglish: | [Peter][everything][about][positive][be + have to] |
| 日本語： | ペータさんは何でものために前向きにならなければなりませんか。 |
I think this sentence is correct.
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Hiya!
I think you are always positive about Japanese language!
Peter, do you have to be so positve about everything?
ペータさんは何でものために前向きにならなければなりませんか。
Good. I'll try to rewrite it into a colloquial expression.
ペーター、あなた、あらゆることに対してそんなに前向きにならなきゃいけないの？
Well, Peter, I think you are right, you have an admirable attitude. (^o^)
I think you are always positive about Japanese language!
Peter, do you have to be so positve about everything?
ペータさんは何でものために前向きにならなければなりませんか。
Good. I'll try to rewrite it into a colloquial expression.
ペーター、あなた、あらゆることに対してそんなに前向きにならなきゃいけないの？
Well, Peter, I think you are right, you have an admirable attitude. (^o^)
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: 5:25 pm
ありがとう。
Ah! Yet again, learning Japanese is improving my English :-)
I used 何でも because it means everything. However, what I really should have said is 'all things'. So that becomes either あらゆる事 for all abstract things or すべての物 for all physical objects.
The literal English translation would be 'Peter, do you have to be so positive towards all things'
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Ah! Yet again, learning Japanese is improving my English :-)
I used 何でも because it means everything. However, what I really should have said is 'all things'. So that becomes either あらゆる事 for all abstract things or すべての物 for all physical objects.
The literal English translation would be 'Peter, do you have to be so positive towards all things'
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